Southern Africa

 

Description: An estimated 6 million internal displacements have been reported in Southern Africa in the last 15 years, of which 4.9 million were triggered by disasters and 1.1 million by conflict and violence. Most were recorded in Mozambique, which is affected by both triggers and where more data is produced than in other countries. Painting a clear picture of internal displacement trends at the sub-regional level is difficult, which underscores the need to improve and sustain monitoring efforts.
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Five storms which triggered the highest number of internal displacements in Southern Africa

 

Description: Storms are the leading displacement trigger Mozambique and Malawi between them accounted for the majority of storm displacements recorded across the sub-region in the last 15 years, with 1.5 million and 1.1 million respectively. Both countries are exposed to the south-west Indian Ocean cyclone season, which runs from mid-November to the end of April.
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Breaking the cycle of conflict and displacement in Cabo Delgado

 

Description: Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado, one of the poorest and most marginalised in the country, has experienced conflict since 2017 when Ahlu Sunna Wal-Jama  (ASWJ), a local non-state armed group, emerged.
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Northern Africa

 

Description: Northern Africa recorded 1.9 million internal displacements between 2009 and 2023, a figure that is most likely an underestimate. Around 1.5 million were triggered by conflict and violence, the overwhelming majority associated with the conflict in Libya. The number of IDPs in the country has been falling since 2019 as hundreds of thousands of people have achieved durable  solutions and others are on the path to doing so.
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IDP settlements at risk of riverine floods in Sudan

 

Description: The data also reveals a high concentration of IDPs around the confluence of the White Nile and Blue Nile near the capital, Khartoum, where significant flood displacement has taken place in the past. Riverine flood displacement risk in the area is among the highest in the country, with around 15 per cent of displacement sites in Khartoum state at risk of severe damage. The situation is highly volatile as the current conflict continues, but the application of such data could still help inform more disaster resilient humanitarian action.
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Conflict displacement hotspots in Africa (2018-2023)

 

Description: Geolocated displacement data shows that the events of conflict and violence that have triggered displacement since 2018 are largely concentrated.

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Location of flood displacement events in Africa (2018-2023)

 

Description: The growing availability of geolocated flood data sheds light on the areas most affected, providing valuable insights to inform local actions that support communities at risk of new and repeated flood displacement. If data collection continues to improve, governments will be in a better position to support IDPs in overcoming their vulnerabilities, regardless of the duration or severity of their situation.
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Eastern Africa

 

Description: Eastern Africa recorded more internal displacements than any other sub-region between 2009 and 2023, with 56.3 million or 46 per cent of the total for the continent. Conflict and violence triggered 35.9 million movements and disasters 20.5 million. The sub-region has been the scene of some of the world’s largest conflict displacement crises, including in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and more recently in Sudan. Other countries, such as Somalia and South Sudan, have also experienced protracted conflict and displacement.
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The Darfur region hosted more than half of the country’s IDPs by the end of 2023

Description: By the end of 2023, Darfur was home to 4.6 million IDPs, more than half of the country’s total. The region alone had the second highest number of IDPs in Africa after the Democratic Republic of the Congo (see spotlight, p.29). Countrywide, nearly 20 per cent of Sudan’s population was internally displaced and 1.5 million people had fled the country.

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Central Africa

 

Description: Central Africa is home to some of the largest internally displaced populations on the continent. There were nearly 9.1 million IDPs as of the end of 2023, the highest figure for the sub-region in the last 15 years. The overwhelming majority were displaced by conflict and violence, particularly in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

 

Description: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been the country most affected by internal displacement associated with conflict and violence in Africa in the last fifteen years and among the most affected globally. Around 6.7 million people were living in displacement at the end of 2023 as a result of conflict and violence, including 5.1 million in the eastern provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri. Their living conditions have become increasingly dire and the lack of peace and security limits their prospect of achieving solutions.
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Western Africa

 

Description: Around 24.3 million internal displacements were recorded in Western Africa between 2009 and 2023. Conflict and violence accounted for 11.6 million, most of which were associated with Boko Haram in north-eastern Nigeria. Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger in the Central Sahel also recorded significant figures. Burkina Faso has been one of the continent’s fastest growing internal  displacement situations since conflict escalated there in 2018.
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Nigeria’s many river systems make it highly prone to flood displacement

 

Description: Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country. It is also located at the confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers, which flow into the Gulf of Guinea through a large delta on which several major cities sit. Most of the country receives substantial precipitation during the rainy season, and floods in both rural and urban areas are not uncommon. As a result, Nigeria reported the highest number of disaster displacements in Africa between 2009 and 2023 with 8.7 million movements or a fifth of the continental total.
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