Colombia has over 5.7 million internally displaced persons (IDPs), a situation which has developed over the course of decades. Colombia is fairly unique in that the international community does not provide material aid to IDPs in Colombia. Instead, they p

This paper offers an overview of internal displacement in the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) region—which consists of 15 countries—including displacement resulting from conflict, generalized violence and human rights violations; natura