Number of refugees fleeing Ethiopia to Sudan surpasses 20,000 - U.N.


CAIRO (Reuters) - The number of people who have fled into Sudan from the conflict in northern Ethiopia has risen to at least 20,000, the U.N. refugee agency and local officials said on Sunday.

More than 12,500 crossed at Hamdayat and nearly 7,500 to the south at al-Luqdi from Nov. 7 to 14, UNHCR figures suggested.

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