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UNHCR increases aid as South Sudanese refugees stream into Ethiopia
news Thomson Reuters Foundation, 15 Apr 2014 (10 years ago )GENEVA, 15 April 2014 (UNHCR) - UNHCR announced on Tuesday it had begun airlifts and construction of new camps to help South Sudanese refugees fleeing to Ethiopia, who now total more than 95,000 and are growing at up to 1,000 a day. The UN refugee agency told reporters it was working with its par... -
Over 95,000 South Sudanese refugees arrive in Ethiopia
news United Nations Radio, 15 Apr 2014 (10 years ago )Refugees from South Sudan continue to arrive in the remote Ethiopian Gambella region at a rate of up to 1,000 people per day, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). The agency says many of the refugees are from the Upper Nile where fighting broke out in December last year between forces loya... -
South Sudan: UNHCR Increases Aid As South Sudanese Refugees Stream Into Ethiopia
news All Africa, 15 Apr 2014 (10 years ago )Geneva — UNHCR announced on Tuesday it had begun airlifts and construction of new camps to help South Sudanese refugees fleeing to Ethiopia, who now total more than 95,000 and are growing at up to 1,000 a day. The UN refugee agency told reporters it was working with its partners to improve condit... -
Ethiopia: UNHCR Flies in More Aid for South Sudanese Refugees in Ethiopia - Relocates Refugees to Higher Ground As Rainy Season Approaches
news All Africa, 15 Apr 2014 (10 years ago )This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fleming - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at the press briefing, on 15 April 2014, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Geneva, 15 April 2014 - As the number of South Sudanese refugees fleeing to Ethiopia passes the 95,000 m... -
South Sudanese flood into Ethiopia amid desperate conditions
news AFP / Yahoo News, 15 Apr 2014 (10 years ago )Geneva (AFP) - Up to 1,000 refugees from war-torn South Sudan are fleeing to Ethiopia each day, many of them on the brink of death, the UN said Tuesday. Since fighting erupted in December, refugees have been "arriving at a rate of 800-1,000 per day, and they are arriving on their last legs," Meli... -
South Sudanese flood into Ethiopia amid desperate conditions: UN
news Expatica / Swiss News, 15 Apr 2014 (10 years ago )Up to 1,000 refugees from war-torn South Sudan are fleeing to Ethiopia each day, many of them on the brink of death, the UN said Tuesday. A massive 95 percent of the arrivals are also women and children, added the UN, citing witnesses saying that both boys and men have been forcibly recruited by ar... -
After surviving a dash for freedom, South Sudanese just happy to have home
news Thomson Reuters Foundation, 14 Apr 2014 (10 years ago )KULE REFUGEE CAMP, Ethiopia, April 14 (UNHCR) - The ordinary act of cooking sorghum stew comes as a nearly revolutionary blessing for 25-year-old Nyakuor Duer after all she's survived. The South Sudanese woman trekked 22 days on foot, feeding four small children wild leaves and fruit plucked from tr... -
More aid arriving in Ethiopia to protect South Sudanese refugees
news Famagusta Gazette, 16 Apr 2014 (10 years ago )Airlifts of tents and the construction of new camps are currently underway to help South Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). More than 95,000 South Sudanese refugees are now in Ethiopia since the conflict erupted last December, and up to one thousand are sti... -
More than 11,000 South Sudanese flee to Ethiopia after fall of rebel-held town
news Thomson Reuters Foundation, 06 May 2014 (10 years ago )ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, May 6 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency on Tuesday reported a sharp rise in the number of refugees fleeing South Sudan's conflict, after government forces captured the rebel stronghold of Nasir in the Greater Upper Nile region over the weekend. "In the past 72 hours, over 11,... -
South Sudan refugees flood into Ethiopia
news Expatica / Swiss News, 06 May 2014 (10 years ago )South Sudanese refugees have poured into neighbouring Ethiopia over the past three days to flee fighting in their homeland, the United Nations said Tuesday. Adrian Edwards, spokesman for the UN high commissioner for refugees, said that over 11,000 people had crossed into Ethiopia in the past 72 h...