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UN hastens aid for 20,000 refugees fleeing violence in Ethiopia

UNHCR's Ethiopia operation has received 9 percent of the required $335m for the year [File: Baz Ratner/Reuters]

The United Nation is rushing to provide life-saving aid to more than 20,000 refugees who have fled violence in Ethiopia’s Benishangul Gumuz region, and is urgently calling for additional resources as it struggles with a significant funding gap.

The UN’s refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday that the region has been marred by violence since December. It hosts more than 70,000 Sudanese and South Sudanese refugees and over 500,000 internally displaced Ethiopians.

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