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Jacky Habib

Ethiopia set a world record for displacements in a single year: 5.1 million in 2021

People who fled from fighting in Ethiopia gather in a temporary internally displaced people camp to receive first bags of wheat from the World Food Programme. Ethiopia saw a record 5.1 million displacements in 2021. (Amanuel Sileshi /AFP via Getty Images)

Conflict and violence triggered over 5.1 million displacements within Ethiopia in 2021 — triple the number reported there in 2020 and the highest figure recorded for any country in a given year, according to a new report from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre.

An internal "displacement" is defined as being forced to leave a place of residence but not crossing internationally recognized borders.

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