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Ethiopia refugees flee violent attacks
Monday, 19 November 2007

Family members of a refugee from Ogaden region in Ethiopia sit on the ground in Dadaab, northeastern Kenya, November 16, 2007. The effect of the Ogaden crisis is being felt in neighbouring Kenya, where more Ogadenis than usual have been trickling into the three massive Dadaab camps, home to 170,000 refugees, although the vast majority of refugees are still those fleeing the Somalia war. "We have been noticing more from Ogaden, especially in the past two months," said Amy Wordley, external relations officer in Dadaab for the world body's refugee agency UNHCR. Picture taken November 16, 2007. To match feature ETHIOPIA-OGADEN/ REUTERS/Radu Sigheti (KENYA)Harrowing testimony of shooting, hanging, beating and rape ? dismissed as rebel propaganda by the Ethiopian government  ? has been repeated by Ogaden refugees trickling into different parts of Kenya's massive Dadaab refugee camps.



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