Internally displaced person articles
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Global violence causing record numbers of internally displaced people
Conflicts in Gaza, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have led to a total of 68m IDPs across the worldConflict has forced more than 68 million people to leave their homes as of the end of 2023 – the highest figure since data became available 15 years ago.Natural disasters made a further 7.7 million people homeless, pushing the total number of internally displaced people (IDPs) to a record 75.9 million, according to figures published by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre on...
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OKUAMA-EWU: Ogbodo clarifies Oborevwori’s plan for displaced persons
By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South and Akpokona Omafuaire The Chairman of the Management Committee of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp by Delta State government to resettle and rehabilitate displaced citizens of Okuama-Ewu community in Ughelli South Local Government Area, Mr. Abraham Ogbodo, has explained the government’s plans for the residents. Ogbodo, a former […]
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Report: Number of internally displaced people reaches record high in 2023
Shafaqna English- The number of people forced to flee their homes hit 75.9 million in 2023, driven by conflicts in Sudan, the Palestinian territories, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and beyond, according to data released by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre. The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) said in a