KHARTOUM, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said Sunday that 147 million U.S. dollars is needed to help Ethiopian refugees in Sudan.
More than 43,000 Ethiopians have fled here amid the ongoing conflict between the Ethiopian federal government and an insurgent Northern Tigray regional government since Nov. 4, said the agency on Friday.
The refugees carried "almost nothing" upon their arrivals, Grandi tweeted Sunday after he visited them in Sudan.
He said that humanitarian agencies have asked for 147 million U.S. dollars to meet the refugees' basic needs for six months, with special attention for the most vulnerable.
