Map - Benishangul-Gumuz Region - MAP[N]ALL.COM Violence Displaces Sudanese, South Sudanese Refugees in Ethiopia The area comprising Benishangul-Gumuz formally became part of Ethiopia under the terms of a Nile-focused 1902 treaty signed by Emperor Menelik II with Great Britain, which ruled Sudan. International investigators should probe the killings of more than 200 people in Ethiopia amid a territorial dispute near the Sudanese border, a regional official said. Centre-Periphery Relations in Ethiopian Empire: The Case of Benishangul Gumuz, 1898 -1941. While the Blue Nile-Benishangul-Gumuz borderland is not free from conflict, it provides an example of . 1,167 Ethiopian refugees flee to Sudan: UNHCR - Weekly Voice . Tensions have been high for years in Ethiopia's western Benishangul-Gumuz region, with periodic outbreaks of ethnic strife leaving scores dead and tens of thousands fleeing to other parts of . According to the 1994 census 44.1% of inhabitants were Muslim . [citation needed] The Gumuz number around 200,000 individuals. The UNHCR in its latest situation update report said the vast majority of the new arrivals were from Ethiopia with 1,130 crossing over to Sudan's Blue Nile state from Ethiopia's Benishangul-Gumuz region. UNHCR, COR and partners are also responding to their needs. 7,000 seek Sudan asylum after fleeing western Ethiopia violence "Center -Periphery Relations in Ethiopian Empire: the Case of ... Violence in Benishangul-Gumuz Endangers Ethiopia The Gumuz (also spelled Gumaz and Gumz) are an ethnic group speaking a Nilo-Saharan language inhabiting the Benishangul-Gumuz Region and the Qwara woreda in western Ethiopia, as well as the Fazogli region in Sudan.They speak the Gumuz language, which belongs to the Nilo-Saharan family. 1,167 Ethiopian refugees flee to Sudan: UNHCR CanIndia News Tensions have been high for years in Ethiopia's western Benishangul-Gumuz region, with periodic outbreaks of ethnic strife leaving scores dead and tens of thousands fleeing to other parts of . B. Getahun. Tigray War - Wikipedia
