Africa home to nearly half of global displaced population, report says
Civilians who fled the war in Sudan camp at the UNHCR transit centre in Renk, near the border crossing point in Renk County of Upper Nile State, South Sudan on May 1, 2023. PHOTO | JOK SOLOMUN | REUTERS
A record 75.9 million people are living in internal displacement due to conflict, and nearly half that number is in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to a recent report.
The report from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) shows 34.8 million people in the region were displaced in 2023, up from the previous year. The biggest increase came in Sudan, which is currently in the midst of civil war.
