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

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...

Geneva, May 6 (Prensa Latina) Over 11,000 South Sudanese came to Ethiopia to escape from a war that already caused thousands of deaths, said the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). According to Adrian Edwards, UNHCR spokesman, the exodus began after news that government forces took control...

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.

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.

South Sudan is the most rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis in the world today, according to a senior United Nations relief operations official who made an urgent appeal for desperately-needed funding for Ethiopia, which hosts 180,000 mostly women and children South Sudanese refugees.

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.

UN envoy Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, wife of the ruler of Dubai, said she was "unprepared" for the suffering she found when visiting refugees in western Ethiopia, which now hosts 170,000 South Sudanese who have fled fighting in their homeland since December.

MSF France has been providing medical aid to South Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia since January. Teams treat refugees when they arrive at transit centers and at Leitchuor camp.