GENEVA (AN) — At least 5.2 million people around the world were newly uprooted within their own country by conflicts and violence during the first half of 2018 — including 1.4 million Ethiopians due to new ethnic clashes in the south and violence along a border region.
Ethiopia's troubles topped the list, surpassing even the latest internal displacement in Syria and Congo, according to figures from the Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Center, or IDMC, which uses its mid-year assessment as an indicator of global affairs.
Migrants and Refugees — Africa — Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic — Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC) — Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) — United Nations (U.N.) — Ethiopia — Syria — Congo — Switzerland — United States (U.S.) — Yemen — Saudi Arabia — Somalia — South Sudan — Kenya — Uganda — New Zealand — Samoa — Tonga — Egypt — Russia — Iran — Jordan — Israel
