SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Urgent plea to aid Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia and Uganda

24/6/2024: Radio Dabanga - Urgent plea to aid Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia and Uganda

Radio Dabanga report that the No to Women’s Oppression initiative has launched an urgent humanitarian appeal to the international community to resolve the crisis of Sudanese refugees stranded in the Kumer and Olala camps in the forests of Ethiopia.

The initiative called on the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Ethiopian authorities to evacuate all refugees to safe camps and provide them with essential resources, in a statement that documented how refugees were dying due to lack of medical care.

The number of stranded Sudanese in Ethiopia is estimated by No to Women’s Oppression at 6,248 people, including 2,133 children, 76 people with disabilities, and 1,196 sick people.

Sudanese refugees in Uganda’s Kiryandongo camp called for improved living conditions and support from Taqadom.