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More than 58,000 Ethiopian refugees flee into Sudan: UN

Ethiopian refugees

Ethiopian refugees, who fled the Tigray conflict, walk in the Tenedba camp in Mafaza, eastern Sudan on January 8, 2021. UNHCR says 58,612 Ethiopian refugees have been registered in Sudan since the conflict in Tigray started.

Photo credit: Ashraf Shazly | AFP

Addis Ababa

The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Sunday said that more than 58,000 Ethiopian refugees fled into neighbouring Sudan amid military confrontation in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region.