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Ethiopia is setting up a new camp to host South Sudanese refugees.
The new refugee camp to be located in Benishangul Gumuz regional state is expected to ease the burden on the region’s main refugee camp Sherkole and will handle an average of 160 refugees who cross over every day.
Benishangul Gumuz along with another regional state Gambella have taken the burden of hosting the majority of 285, 809 South Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia registered by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) as of June 30.
Coletta Wanjohi reports from Addis Ababa.
