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Source: IRIN Around 1,000 families have been displaced by flooding after heavy rains in an area straddling the border between Ethiopia and the self-declared independent republic of Somaliland, according to officials.

Source: UNHCR Last Friday, February 12th, we started relocation of Somali refugees from a transit centre in Ethiopia's Dolo Ado, near the border with Somalia, to a new camp at Melkadida some 65 kilometres away. ...

Source: UNHCR Actress Jessica Biel and other celebrities visit a refugee camp in Ethiopia to see how water shortages affect forcibly displaced people across Africa.

Oxfam sees 23 million threatened by drought in Ethiopia and surrounding countries.  Food aid will be essential. Original article

Source: IRIN Demeke Zualede, 28, fled drought, conflict and hunger in his homeland, Ethiopia, in 2008. He reached Mozambique but was deported and now lives in Dzaleka Refugee Camp in central Malawi. This is his story.

Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre For decades, Ethiopia has been affected by famine and conflict. In 2009, there have been various reports of internal displacement resulting from conflicts and human rights violations perpetrated by the army and groups opposed to the government.

ADDIS ABABA Wednesday, February 04, 2009 (IRIN) - An estimated 10,000 Somalis fleeing instability in their home country have reached Dollo Ado, in the Somali Region of southern Ethiopia, and more are expected in the next few weeks, Save the Children (US) has said.

Source: IDMC Despite the Algiers Peace Agreement and the decision of the Ethiopia-Eritrea Border Commission, there is a continuing impasse over the demarcation of the border between the two countries and the status of the town of Badme.

UNHCR begins relocating thousands of Somali refugees from a transit centre in Dolo Ado, south-east Ethiopia to the newly opened Bokolmanyo camp.

Source: IRIN An estimated 10,000 Somalis fleeing instability in their home country have reached Dollo Ado, in the Somali Region of southern Ethiopia, and more are expected in the next few weeks, Save the Children (US) has said.

Source: Reuters ADDIS ABABA, Nov 21 (Reuters) - The death toll from floods in southeastern Ethiopia has risen to 17 and more than 100,000 people have been left homeless, the government said on Friday. The Wabe ...

Date: 18 Nov 2008
Source: Integrated Regional Information Networks

Source: IRIN In July, Nuurto Aweys, 30, fled fighting between Ethiopian-backed government troops and insurgents in Mogadishu and sought shelter in a camp for the displaced in Arbiska area, 20km south of the capital. The area hosts hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs).

Date: 27 Aug 2008
Source: Integrated Regional Information Networks

Ending the UN´s peacekeeping mission in Eritrea and Ethiopia is an ...
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Ethiopia invaded Somalia in support of the defunct Transitional Somali Government. To counter Ethiopia´s move, Eritrea, according to many observers, ...

Source: IRIN Threee rivers in the Gambella region of western Ethiopia have burst their banks following torrential rains that fell in the area for three consecutive days, government officials in the area said.

Source: Reuters (adds U.N. warning) MOGADISHU, July 18 (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead three Somali elders on Friday who were helping local aid workers distribute food in a refugee camp outside Mogadishu, witnesses ...

Source: Reuters MOGADISHU, July 18 (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead three Somali elders on Friday who were helping local aid workers distribute food in a refugee camp on the outskirts of Mogadishu, witnesses said. The ...

Source: IRIN Hundreds of families in Mogadishu have been displaced after the government demolished their homes, residents told IRIN on 9 July.

Source: UNHCR MAPS Note: Estimates of numbers of IDPs vary widely and the above statistics are an incomplete estimate for areas covered. The figures listed above are compiled as follows: estimated 400,000 protracted ...