The UN expects up to 200,000 Ethiopian refugees in Sudan in the next six months. A good 31,000 people are currently on the run, said the representative of the UN refugee agency UNHCR, Axel Bisschop, in Geneva today. „The new number we are planning with is 200,000.“ The UNHCR also called for an immediate temporary ceasefire to allow corridors for aid.
The United Nations is seeking aid amounting to $ 200 million to provide food and medicine for the refugees in Sudan, among other things. The UN Children’s Fund fears the outbreak of diseases due to the poor sanitary conditions. Half of those who fled are children.
Hundreds, if not thousands, of people were killed in the fighting between government troops and the TPLF armed forces, which has now lasted more than two weeks. Tens of thousands are on the run. The Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed accuses the TPLF, ruling Tigray, of having instigated an armed uprising. The party, however, accuses Abiy of persecuting her and expelling her politicians from government and security posts. Today, armed forces from the Tigray region shelled the capital of the neighboring region of Amhara.
