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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and partners are rushing life-saving aid to more than 20,000 refugees after they fled clashes in Ethiopia’s Benishangul Gumuz region, bordering Sudan and South Sudan.
News Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz » History: What’s causing the violence in western Ethiopia
Survivors of the violence in Benishangul-Gumuz gather in a circle at a displaced persons camp in Chagni, Ethiopia in December 2020. GettyImages While the world is focusing on the humanitarian crisis ...
News Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz » History: Notable escalation of ethnically-motivated violence in Ethiopia's Benishangul-Gumuz and Tigray regions
At least 34 civilians were killed on 14 November when unidentified gunmen ambushed a passenger bus as it travelled through a remote area between the towns of Wonbera and Chagni in the Metekel Zone of ...
News Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz » History: Gunmen kill more than 100 in attack in Ethiopia's Benishangul-Gumuz region
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Gunmen killed more than 100 people in a dawn attack in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia on Wednesday, the human rights commission said, as residents described ...
News Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz » History: Maps can be misleading – on purpose – and their story becomes history. The case of Ethiopia
Political groups use social media ‘maptivism’ to spread exaggerated regional maps to stake a claim to territory.
News Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz » History: Department of Safety and Security
Ensuring that humanitarian aid reaches those who need it most often depends as much on security and coordination as on funding or logistics. In Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz region — a strategic ...
News Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz » History: Ethiopian PM accuses Egypt, Sudan of backing unrest in western region
CAIRO — Violence has been ongoing in Ethiopia's western region of Benishangul-Gumuz where the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is located, with Ethiopia announcing April 26 that more than 200 ...
News Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz » History: Ethiopia's PM says forces have been sent into Benishangul-Gumuz region
ADDIS ABABA, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Thursday he had deployed forces to the western Benishangul-Gumuz region, a day after gunmen killed more than 100 people in ...
News Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz » History: High-Level Mission to Strengthen the Onchocerciasis Control Program in Benishangul-Gumuz Region
Assosa. 10 October 2014 – A high-level joint mission led by Dr Kebede Worku, Ethiopian State Minister of Health with Dr Pierre-M’pele-Kilebou, WHO Representative to Ethiopia, Dr Jean-Baptiste Roungou, ...