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UN: Extreme weather conditions, conflict displaced one million Somalis over last four months
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According to UN agencies, more than one million Somali people have been internally displaced in the past four months due to a “toxic” combination of drought, conflict and floods.
About 433,000 people were forced to leave their homes between January 1 and May 10, with the outbreak of a destructive Islamist insurgency and clashes in the separatist region of Somaliland, says a joint statement by the United Nations Refugee Agency and the Norwegian Refugee Council.
In addition, the statement reads: “more than 408,000 people have been displaced due to the floods that swept through their villages, while 312,000 have been displaced due to the devastating drought.”