The number of people arriving Ethiopia due to the ongoing situation in Sudan has surpassed 18,000.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said on Friday.
“People arriving from Sudan to Ethiopia via the Metema border town have now reached more than 18,000,” the UNOCHA said in its latest situation update, adding that over 440 people to date have entered Ethiopia via the Kurmuk border crossing point in Ethiopia’s Benishangul Gumuz Region.