Ordinary People Facing Extraordinary Struggles

Ethiopia has continued to be a refugee-safe destination for many neighboring countries, particularly hosting refugees from South Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea, the Sudan and many other African countries since the 1960s.

However, recently UN agencies, the Administration for Refugees and Returnees Affairs (ARRA) of Ethiopia and NGOs are struggling to provide emergency relief to more than 145,000 refugees who began to arrive in Ethiopia through Gambela Regional State since the outbreak of the conflict in South Sudan which started in late December 2013.

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