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New wave of conflict triggers massive displacement in Eastern Africa

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Kenya
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OCHA
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Highlights

· Sporadic fighting kills over 100 people and displaces more than 100,000 others in Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan

· South Sudan imposes a curfew following a failed coup attempt

· Humanitarian actors report a funding shortfall of US$11.9 million for more than 140,000 Ethiopia migrants being received from Saudi Arabia

· The more than 55,000 illegal immigrants expelled from Tanzania are still in need of humanitarian assistance

· Some 165,000 children in South Kordofan and Blue Nile States not yet immunized due to lack of access

· DRC Government and M23 sign Declaration to end armed activities of M23 and restore peace in eastern DRC

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