More than 40,000 Ethiopians have fled to neighbouring Sudan as government forces pursue an offensive in the Tigray region, the UN's refugee agency said Monday.
"Refugees arrive exhausted from their long trek to safety, with few belongings and need assistance," the UNHCR said. People who fled the conflict in the Ethiopia's Tigray region at a makeshift shelter at Hamdayet Transition Center, eastern Sudan, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020.Mr Abiy, last year's Nobel Peace Prize winner, launched the military campaign against the Tigray People's Liberation Front on 4 November, accusing it of attacking two federal military camps in the region, and of seeking to destabilise his government.
Many have been housed in the rapidly growing tent-town of Um Raquba refugee camp, some 80 kilometres from the border.The UN said an estimated 45 per cent of arrivals were children and four percent aged above 60, with the total divided into around 43 per cent female and 57 per cent male.
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