The U.N. refugee agency says at least 7,000 Ethiopians who fled escalating ethnic violence in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region have south asylum in neighboring Sudan By Samy Magdy Associated Press There are 2 refugee camps and 1 transit center, housing 36,440 refugees from Sudan and South Sudan, located in Benishangul-Gumuz Region. CAIRO — Violence has been ongoing in Ethiopia's western region of Benishangul-Gumuz where the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is located, with Ethiopia announcing April 26 that more than 200 people were killed and thousands were displaced in the ongoing clashes between the government forces and armed groups.. On April 22, the government-appointed Ethiopian Human Rights Commission . Benishangul Gumuz state is located in the border with the eastern Sudan state of Blue Nile. UNHCR and partners move refugees to safety in the Benishangul Gumuz region in Ethiopia. Benishangul Arabic (abbreviated BSA) is a newly-discovered contact variety of Sudanese Arabic spoken as a hereditary second language of local Muslim populations (mainly Berta/Benishangul people) in Benishangul-Gumuz Region in western Ethiopia. Gunmen kill dozens in Ethiopia's Benishangul-Gumuz: Rights body Addis Ababa: The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said that 1,167 Ethiopian refugees have arrived in Sudan in recent days. "Center -Periphery Relations in Ethiopian Empire: the Case of ... Ethiopian PM accuses Egypt, Sudan of backing unrest in western region Severe climate shocks Globally, floods and droughts are becoming more frequent and intense, severely impacting countries like Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan, and worsening food insecurity. Violence in Benishangul-Gumuz Endangers Ethiopia 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 . 1,167 Ethiopian refugees flee to Sudan: UNHCR - Articles "The remaining 37 new Ethiopian refugees' arrivals entered Sudan through border crossings in Sudan's Geadref state," the UNHCR report disclosed.