UNHCR rushes assistance to some 100,000 newly arrived Somali refugees in Ethiopia

ADDIS ABABA, March 7 (Xinhua) -- The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR on Tuesday said it is scaling up assistance in Ethiopia's Somali region to support and assist recently arrived refugees fleeing clashes in Somalia.

Some 100,000 Somalis have arrived in Ethiopia's Doolo zone in the Somali region in the past four weeks to escape clashes and insecurity in the city of Las Anod of Sool region, a statement issued Tuesday quoted UNHCR Representative in Ethiopia Mamadou Dian Balde as saying.