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According to the UN refugee agency, more than two million people have been displaced within their own countries by what it called the unrelenting violence in the Sahel region in Africa.
The UNHCR said this was the highest number ever seen, and warned that the communities hosting the refugees in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali and Niger were at breaking point.
The four countries are among the least developed in the world.
The Sahel region is plagued by intercommunal violence and a series of conflicts involving Islamist groups.
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The UNHCR said the situation was made worse by food insecurity, climate change, and the coronavirus pandemic.
