Feb 3, 2017 - bombed an IDP site in Rann, Borno state, killing more than 100 civilians. The site hosts more than. 35,000
Lake Chad Basin: Crisis Overview
(as of 3 February 2017)
Displacement trend
Population movement and violent incidents in the most affected areas
Background Around 17 million people live in the affected areas across the four Lake Chad basin countries. The number of displaced people has tripled over the last two years. Most of the displaced families are sheltered by communities that count among the world’s poorest and most vulnerable. Food insecurity and malnutrition have reached critical levels.
NIGER
Diffa
NIGERIA
Borno
NIGERIA
1,5
Far-North 87.4k
Far-North
Demsa
2,5 2,0
Yobe
Rann Kousseri Maiduguri Yobe Izuwe Malabi Latan Sowolwolo Damboa CHAD Gwaramiri Madagali Askira
3,0
Lac 7.45k
Lac
Borno
There has been a significant increase of the number of security incidents and attacks in January, rendering many areas hard to reach. On 17 January, a Nigerian military jet accidentally bombed an IDP site in Rann, Borno state, killing more than 100 civilians. The site hosts more than 35,000 internally displaced people. UNHAS helicopters were deployed to evacuate victims to Maiduguri and transport medical supplies and doctors to Rann. In January, the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) allocated US$42 million to the Lake Chad crisis, including US$22 million for Nigeria, US$10 million for Cameroon and US$10 million for Niger. The European Commission released US$43 million in additional humanitarian aid. On 24 February, a humanitarian conference on Nigeria and the Lake Chad region will take place in Oslo, hosted by the Government of Norway in partnership with the Governments of Germany and Nigeria. The conference aims to raise political and material support for the humanitarian response in the Lake Chad Basin region. country Humanitarian 1%The four4% 3% 4% Response Plans (HRPs) appeal for a total US$1.5 billion to assist 8.2 million people.
Diffa 105.4k
NIGER
Geskerou
Recent developments
Total displacements in the Lake Chad Basin, including IDPs, refugees and returnees (in million)
Refugees2
Latest incidents1
Incidents trend1 Total of violent incidents and deaths reported in the Lake Chad Basin since December 2015
Karlahi
Incidents
CAMEROON
CAMEROON 0,4k 10 15 35 70k
Incidents
Diffa
Internally Displaced Persons3 Diffa
NIGER
Accessible territories5 NIGER
Lac
121.3k
Yobe 112.3k
Diffa
Borno 1.37M
400
30
300
20
200
10
100
0
Requirements
Borno
NIGERIA
CHAD
2.9M
NGA
Far-North
Far-North 174.5k
1.6M 198k 156k
CMR
Adamawa
Adamawa 151.1k
Main axes and towns accessible with restrictions
CAMEROON
11.8M
137k 137k
9.3M
CHD
128k 92k
6.6M
In need
Accessible
17M
people living in affected areas CHD 518k
CMR 4M
NER 704k
2.3M
a
NGA 12M
people displaced (IDPs, refugees and returnees) CHD 127k
CMR 262k
NER 241k
NGA 1.63
515,000
10.7M
4
children suffering from severe acute malnutrition
people in need
CHD 345k
CMR 1.6M
NER 340k
NGA 8.5M
CHD 22k
CMR 31k
NER 12k
NGA 450k
7.1M
food insecure people at crisis and emergency levels CHD 136k
CMR 1.5M
NER 340k
56.3M
NER
Not accessible
CAMEROON
Jan 0 2017
Jan 2016
Education: 2017 sector planning7
Yobe
CHAD
Deaths
40
Lac
103.6k
NIGERIA
5k 25 50 150 695k
Jan 2017
CHAD
Adamawa
Adamawa
Jan 2016
NGA6 5.1M
Targeted
US$1.5B requirements for 2017
121 191 139
1.05B
CHD CMR NER
NGA
Sources: (1) ACLED database as of 28 Jan 2017. (2) UNHCR and Government. (3) Cameroon DTM Round 6, Nigeria DTM Round 13, Chad CCCM/SHELTER/ANE, ORS (http://ors.ocharowca.info), does not include flood-related IDPs in Nigeria and Cameroon. (4) This figure does not include estimated returnees in Nigeria and Cameroon. (5) IOM, OCHA Nigeria. (6) CH: projected situation (June-Aug 2017). (7) HNO, HRP by countries and LCB HNRO Feedback:
[email protected],
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Website: wca.humanitarianresponse.info
Twitter: @OCHAROWCA
Disclaimer: (a) The information in the snapshot applies to areas most affected by Boko Haram-related violence - Cameroon (Far-North), Chad (Lac), Niger (Diffa) and Nigeria (Adamawa, Borno and Yobe).
The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on these maps do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.
