United Nations Radio

As of last month, there were more than nine million internally displaced persons - IDPs in the Central and East Africa region.

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The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in a new report on internally displaced persons in the region says nearly three quarters of them were in the greater Horn of Africa, reflecting the combined internal displacement from crises in Sudan and Somalia.

OCHA says the displacements are triggered mainly by intra-state conflicts and natural disasters or, in many cases, both.

The report says scarcity of resources, limited access to land, and inconclusive peace and reconciliation processes create multiple challenges.

It concludes that humanitarian response is often hampered by a lack of access, caused by ongoing conflict or high insecurity, including the targeting of humanitarian workers.
This is Donn Bobb reporting for United Nations Radio.
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