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Floods Displace Many in Ethiopia
- Katy Migiro
- Aug 28, 2016
- 1 min read
More than 600,000 Ethiopians have fled their homes since March, largely due to flooding, the United Nations said on Wednesday, with more rain predicted up to December.
Ethiopia was hit in 2015 by one of the worst droughts in decades, with 10 million requiring emergency aid, which ended when the spring rains arrived in March.
Almost 300,000 people were displaced between March and June due to floods, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in its latest update.
Others were displaced by inter-communal conflict in Ethiopia's southern Oromia and Somali regions.
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