Sudan: Aerial Bombardment in State's Blue Nile State Driving Refugees Into Ethiopia, UN

28 October 2011

Khartoum — Aerial bombardment in Sudan's war-hit state of Blue Nile has sent nearly 2000 refugees into Ethiopia amid a volatile security situation and reports of rape, according to the UN.

This month, the UN opened a camp in Ethiopia's western town of Tango in order to accommodate More than 27,500 refugees it said had fled the neighboring Sudanese state of Blue Nile since violent clahses erupted there as of 1 September between Sudan's army (SAF) and rebels of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N).

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