In sub-Saharan Africa, total number of forcibly displaced people increased sharply in 2017

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August 8, 2018

Record number of forcibly displaced people lived in sub-Saharan Africa in 2017

In sub-Saharan Africa, total number of forcibly displaced people increased sharply in 2017

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In sub-Saharan Africa, total number of forcibly displaced people increased sharply in 2017

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Record number of forcibly displaced people lived in sub-Saharan Africa in 2017
Nearly four-fifths of forcibly displaced people living in sub-Saharan Africa come from just five countries
Total number of sub-Saharan Africans displaced within home country more than doubled from 2012 to 2017

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