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Why Is The UNHCR Calling For Evacuation Aid In Ethiopia?
Set by the border between Sudan and Ethiopia, is a small regional state in northwestern Ethiopia called Benishangul Gumuz. This region is home to over 700,000 people of which 70,000 are Sudanese and South Sudanese refugees and over 500,000 people are internally displaced Ethiopians. Conflict recently broke out in the town of Tongo reportedly between…
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Thousands Displaced As Conflict Heightens In Burkina Faso
According to the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), over 17,500 people in Burkina Faso have been displaced from their homes due to a series of attacks by unidentified armed groups that have killed not less than 45 people. Since the beginning of the year, several attacks by armed groups linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State have been rising sharply in…
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Nearly 30,000 Displaced In Mozambique’s Palma Since March
The United Nations have revealed nearly 30,000 people have fled their homes in the town of Palma in northern Mozambique following attacks late last month that killed dozens of people. The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday that approximately 30,000 people fled Palma since the fighters linked to ISIL (ISIS) raided the coastal town on…
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Militant Unrest Claim Over 200 Lives In DR Congo
The United Nations refugee agency has reported an “alarming increase” in attacks by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) – a historically Ugandan group present in eastern DRC since 1995. The report showed that over 200 persons have been killed and 40,000 more displaced in ongoing attacks attributed to armed groups affiliated to ISIL (ISIS) since…