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IRC Works With Sudanese Authorities to Expand Aid Delivery to Ethiopian
Refugees

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   The International Rescue Committee says it will help Sudanese
   authorities roll out emergency services in the Um Rakuba and Tenetba
   camps, where thousands of Ethiopians are seeking refuge after fleeing
   conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region.

   More than 60,000 people have crossed the border from Ethiopia into
   eastern Sudan since the start of the Tigray conflict in early November,
   the IRC said in a statement Wednesday.

   The IRC said almost half of the refugees are children, many of whom
   lost contact with their relatives as they fled the conflict.

   In the newly built Tenetba camp, where about 265 tents have been
   erected, some 20,000 refugees will be relocated to reduce overcrowding
   in Um Rakuba, the IRC said.

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