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Ethopia: UN says 4.5 million people currently displaced internally in Ethiopia

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Published on 2024-07-05 09:27:44

IDPs sheltered in a bus station in Shambu town, Horro Guduru Wollega zone of the Oromia region (Photo: Addis Standard)

Addis Abeba – A recent report by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) revealed that an estimated 4.5 million people are currently displaced within Ethiopia, mainly Somali, Oromia and Tigray regions.

The report indicated that the number of IDPs in Ethiopia which stood at 500,000 in 2016, spiked to 5.8 in 2021. Despite 3.3 million IDPs returning to their areas of origin since January 2022, the…

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