Africa displacement triples, fueled by conflict, violence and disasters, new report states

FILE - Orphans and children separated from their parents in Kadugli gather for food at an IDP Camp in Boram County, Nuba Mountains, South Kordofan, Sudan, June 22, 2024. FILE - Fadumo Isaq Abdi, an internally displaced Somali woman, holds her child Maria Mohamed Ali as they drink water outside the feeding center, a new site for IDPs, in Barwaaqo, near Baidoa, Somalia, Feb. 21, 2023.

A new report from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center says the number of people displaced in Africa has tripled to 35 million. Of these, 32.5 million abandoned their homes due to conflict and violence. The report, published Tuesday, says government efforts to address internal displacement on the continent have been commendable but not enough.