The report also indicates there are around 4.2 million internally displaced people (IDP) in Ethiopia. The ongoing civil war in Ethiopia began in November 2020 as a power struggle in the country's northern Tigray Region. The war in northern Ethiopia has displaced millions of people at an unprecedented rapid scale. According to your data, 5.1 million displacements in a single year is a global record. We were saying in this report that 5.1 million new displacements in Ethiopia is the highest figure ever recorded for any country in a given year.

Source: Ethiopian News May 28, 2022 19:07 UTC