Ethiopia News » Benishangul Gumuz News Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz » Life: Ethiopian Human Rights Council reports civilian deaths, abductions in four regions
The Ethiopian Human Rights Council says armed clashes have killed and injured civilians, displaced families and abducted workers across Amhara, Gambella, Oromia and Benishangul‑Gumuz.
News Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz » Life: UNHCR, partners rush to aid thousands of refugees in Benishangul Gumuz region of Ethiopia
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 » Life: 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 » Life: ‘Peace does not mean ignoring injustice’ says bishop in war-torn Ethiopia
Seeking peace “does not mean ignoring injustice or remaining silent before evil”, an Ethiopian bishop said in an appeal for an end to violence.
News Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz » Life: UN allocates $8.5 million emergency fund for northern Ethiopia amid escalating conflict
The United Nations has allocated an additional $8.5 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to address rapidly growing humanitarian needs in northern Ethiopia. Escalating conflict has ...
News Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz » Life: 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 » Life: 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 » Life: Health Workers Save Lives Amid Conflict In Ethiopia
Sedalia Abdulahi, left, a health extension worker at Bambassi IDP camp in the Benishangul-Gumuz region of western Ethiopia, visits with 2-year-old Asanti and her mother. Forced out of their homes by ...
News Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz » Life: 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, ...