U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Anne Richard expressed shock at the number of South Sudanese refugees flowing into Ethiopia and said she had to persuade the U.S. public to increase their assistance.

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fleming - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at the press briefing, on 15 April 2014, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Geneva, 15 April 2014 - As the number of South Sudanese refugees fleeing to Ethiopia passes the 95,000 m...

Over 200 thousand South Sudanese refugees are seeking shelter in Ethiopia,and many more are streaming in. Reports indicate that the huge influx is straining Ethiopia's capacity. CCTV's Girum Chala reports from Pagak, Gambella, Ethiopia.

Three years since achieving independence, the people of South Sudan do not have much to celebrate. The ongoing fighting in Africa's newest country is causing thousands of mainly Nuer people to flee into neighbouring Ethiopia. The UNHCR says they have received well over 150,000 refugees since m...

News Stories, 5 November 2014 Ireland's President Michael D. Higgins during his visit to meet South Sudanese refugees in eastern Ethiopia. TIERKIDI REFUGEE CAMP, Ethiopia, November 5 (UNHCR) – Ireland's President Michael D. Higgins has called on the international community to do much more to hel...

The Japanese Ambassador to Ethiopia, H.E. Mr. Kazuhiro Suzuki, visited refugee camps in Gambela yesterday (Thursday 17 July) to see how the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is providing critically-needed food assistance to South Sudanese refugees, thanks to Japan's contribution of US$4.2 mi...

The Japanese Ambassador to Ethiopia, H.E. Mr. Kazuhiro Suzuki, visited refugee camps in Gambela yesterday (Thursday 17 July) to see how the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is providing critically-needed food assistance to South Sudanese refugees, thanks to Japan’s contribution of US$4.2 mi...

23 Jul 2014 - John Ging, Operations Director of the UN Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). He briefs on his recent trip to Ethiopia.

Airlifts of tents and the construction of new camps are currently underway to help South Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). More than 95,000 South Sudanese refugees are now in Ethiopia since the conflict erupted last December, and up to one thousand are sti...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, May 6 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency on Tuesday reported a sharp rise in the number of refugees fleeing South Sudan's conflict, after government forces captured the rebel stronghold of Nasir in the Greater Upper Nile region over the weekend. "In the past 72 hours, over 11,...