The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has said more than 3 million people were internally displaced across Ethiopia due to conflict, drought, and social tension in August and September 2023.
The UN agency indicated this in a report on Friday.
The turbulent Horn of Africa nation has seen a resurgence of deadly violence in recent years.
Worthy of note is a two-year war between government forces and rebels in the northern Tigray region that ended in a peace deal in November.
“An estimated 3,459,881 IDPs (701,449 IDP households) were internally displaced across 2,544 assessed, accessible sites in Ethiopia.
“Conflict is the primary cause of displacement and displaced 2.2 million IDPs (64.66 per cent),” the IOM report read.
Tigray hosted the highest number of people primarily displaced due to conflict.
The survey did not cover the neighboring Amhara region due to a heightened level of general insecurity and violent protests. (Sputnik/NAN)
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