Geneva - South Sudanese refugees have poured into neighbouring Ethiopia over the past three days to flee fighting in their homeland, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Adrian Edwards, spokesman for the UN high commissioner for refugees, said that over 11 000 people had crossed into Ethiopia in t...

Refugees from South Sudan continue to arrive in the remote Ethiopian Gambella region at a rate of up to 1,000 people per day, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). The agency says many of the refugees are from the Upper Nile where fighting broke out in December last year between forces loya...

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,...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.