Addis Abeba - The Benishangul-Gumuz border trade checkpoint, which connects Kurmuk with Sudan, was officially reopened on 31 March. Fighting broke out on 18 January in the town of Tongo - reportedly between unidentified armed groups and federal forces - and . [citation needed] The Gumuz number around 200,000 individuals. Benishangul Gumuz state is located in the border with the eastern Sudan state of Blue Nile. Addis Abeba - The Benishangul-Gumuz border trade checkpoint, which connects Kurmuk with Sudan, was officially reopened on 31 March. Benishangul Gumuz - Latest and breaking news Ethiopia The name of the region comes from two local ethnic groups - Berta (also called as Benishangul) and Gumuz. Map - Benishangul-Gumuz Region - MAP[N]ALL.COM The Gumuz of Ethiopia live in the northern and western parts of the country near the Sudan border. The construction of the GERD in Metekel, close to the border with Sudan, has created new jobs and resources that largely benefit non-Gumuz groups; at the same time, though, it has accelerated the . In 2008, six associations formed a partnership called the Benishangul Gumuz Development Associations Partnership (BGDAP) to jointly address some of the humanitarian and development problems faced by the region. In 2003, the Benishangul-Gumuz Regional Government asked CIDA for technical assistance for the preparation of a comprehensive regional food security program. The massacre in Benishangul-Gumuz region, along the border with Sudan, is the latest challenge to the regime of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who came to power in 2018 promising to unite Ethiopia but . It is the second most populous African country after Nigeria. Eastern Africa: Millions displaced, amid growing hunger ... - UN News . 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 Benishangul-Gumuz region, reports Xinhua mews agency. Humanitarian Aid. However, the latest UN report says that "growing insecurity in Benishangul-Gumuz Region's Metekel Zone expanded to the region's Assosa and Kamashi zones as well as the Mau Komo Special woreda, or district, in early 2022, leading deteriorating humanitarian conditions and prompting the secondary displacement of tens of thousands of refugees from Sudan and South Sudan."