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Food problems in flooded Gambela area

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    Flooding in Gambela, western Ethiopia, has caused concern over food shortages and stranded flood victims. The Ethiopian pro-government Walta Information Centre said more than 6,000 people in the Jol woreda (district), Gambela Regional State, had been stranded for the last two weeks after the Gilo river burst its banks. A regional official, Tesfaye Ereso, told Walta on Monday that flood victims faced “serious food shortages”. Tesfaye said four people had been attacked and killed by crocodiles that had moved into flooded villages. According to the Labour and Social Affairs Bureau in Gambela, no assistance had been received despite repeated appeals to the Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission (DPPC). The DPPC, however, said it had received no information concerning the reported flooding, or the situation of the people affected.

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