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Thu, 30 Jan 2014 10:46 AM

In a reversal of fortune, an Ethiopian who sought refuge in South Sudan now becomes the host of a large family displaced in their own country.

Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:11 PM

Akobo Tergol is a small town in the western part of Ethiopia.  Recently its population has grown due to the conflict in South Sudan and an influx of refugees. More than 20,000 asylum seekers have crossed the river which forms the border between the two countries and WFP has been providing life-saving food assistance,  in partnership with the national refugee agency ARRA.

Thu, 30 Jan 2014 13:48 PM

Akobo Tergol is a small town in the western part of Ethiopia.  Recently its population has grown due to the conflict in South Sudan and an influx of refugees into Ethiopia. More than 20,000 asylum seekers have crossed the river which forms the border between the two countries and WFP has been busy providing life-saving food assistance,  in partnership with the national refugee agency ARRA.To provide food assistance to refugees who recently arrived from South Sudan, it takes WFP 15 hours to ship the food by boat to reach Akobo Tergol, near the South Sudan border  from the point at Matar in Western Ethiopia, where the road stops…

Wed, 29 Jan 2014 13:52 PM

SOUTHSUDAN-UNREST/:S.Sudan frees 7 detainees accused of coup plot

Wed, 29 Jan 2014 13:00 PM

Valerie Amos, U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, listens to a question during a news conference in Juba, January 29, 2014. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CONFLICT)