Uganda, April 27 -- The number of people arriving in Ethiopia due to the conflict in Sudan has surpassed 122,000, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has disclosed.

The UNOCHA, in its latest Ethiopia humanitarian situation update issued Friday, said about 122,500 returnees, refugees and asylum seekers have crossed into Ethiopia from conflict-affected Sudan through several border towns, mainly Metema and Kurmuk towns.

Noting that April marks the one-year anniversary since the conflict started in Sudan, the UNOCHA said the mass influx of forcibly displaced populations into Ethiopia has continued.

Data from the UNOCHA show that Sudanese nationals constitute 47 percent of the total arrivals from Sudan seekin...