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For Ahmed, Bambasi has been home for 14 years. He arrived from Sudan after escaping conflict, carrying little more than the hope of finding safety for his family. Visually impaired, he said he refused ...
News Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz » Social: 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 » Social: 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 » Social: 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 » Social: 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 » Social: 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 » Social: Ethiopia heads to polls Monday as security challenges cloud vote in key regions
May 29, Addis Ababa — Ethiopia enters a campaign silence period ahead of general elections scheduled for Monday, with more than 50 million registered voters set to cast ballots in what analysts ...
News Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz » Social: Crisis in Ethiopia: Drought and conflict put 28 million in need
Population: 120.8 million 28.6 million people in need of humanitarian aid 20 million people estimated to be experiencing food insecurity 3.5 million people internally displaced 31.9 million people ...