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Ethiopian Refugees Evacuate Sudan Border Camps

Heather Murdock

   UM RAKOUBA CAMP, SUDAN - Ethiopian refugees are evacuating border camps
   in Sudan as aid resources are diverted to Um Rakouba, the country's
   main camp, where many still lack food and shelter.

   Refugees say the camp, which is far from the Ethiopian border, may be
   safer after the Sudanese army said a cross-border raid on Tuesday
   killed some of their soldiers and damaged property.

   In the past week, hundreds of families have been bused from camps near
   the Ethiopian border here to the Um Rakouba camp deeper inside Sudan,
   where most of the roughly 50,000 new Ethiopian refugees are now
   staying.

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