569,000 people have been displaced due to conflict and insecurity in Somalia

 
On Tuesday, the World Health Organization reported that ongoing conflict and insecurity had displaced about 569,000 people in Somalia in the first eight months of the year.

The organization stated that the Somali government's ongoing counter-insurgency operations against the terrorist Al-Shabaab movement and the tensions that followed clan conflicts continue to cause insecurity and displacement in the country.

The World Health Organization said in its latest report issued in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia: “Of the 1.42 million new displaced people nationwide in 2023, 569,000 people were displaced due to conflict and insecurity.”

Government forces intensified their military operations against the terrorist Al-Shabaab movement, which was involved in a series of attacks, especially in Mogadishu and the central and southern regions.