GENEVA, Switzerland – Conflict in Sudan and Gaza pushed the number of internally displaced people (IDPs) worldwide to a record 75.9 million at the end of 2023, a nongovernmental organization monitor said Tuesday.

The Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC) said the figure was a new end-of-year high by its count, with the number of people displaced within their own borders having increased by more than 50 percent in the last five years.

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