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Nigeria: WASH Sector Dashboard - Northeast Nigeria 1 January - 30 September 2016

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Source: UN Children's Fund, WASH Cluster
Country: Nigeria


Chad: GIEWS Country Brief: Chad 21-October-2016

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Country: Central African Republic, Chad, Libya, Nigeria, Sudan

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT

  • Crop prospects favourable due to adequate rainfall since beginning of cropping season

  • Prices of millet and sorghum remained mostly stable in recent months

  • Continued assistance required to improve access to food and protect livelihoods of food insecure and vulnerable people, including refugees and returnees

Cereal production expected to recover in 2016

Harvesting of coarse grains has started in most parts of the country. Prospects are favourable mainly due to sufficient rains received at the start of the cropping season and subsequent normal to above-normal precipitation in most agricultural regions. Despite pockets of dryness in the Sudanian zone, an above‑average 2016 crop is expected, according to preliminary estimates.

Last year, cereal production dropped below average due to irregular rains in several parts of the country. The 2015 aggregate cereal production was estimated at some 2.45 million tonnes, 11 percent below the previous year’s output and 9 percent below average. As a result, the pasture situation was characterized by lower pastures, early drying of ponds and waterholes and early transhumant descent towards the South.

Coarse grain prices remained mostly stable

In spite of the reduced crop in Chad, coarse grain prices have been mostly stable throughout 2015 and 2016 so far, reflecting adequate regional supplies and imports from neighbouring countries as well as favourable prospects for the 2016 cereal production. The steep depreciation of the local currency in neighbouring Nigeria also supported increased cereal imports to Chad.

Food security continues to be affected by civil insecurity in neighbouring countries

Chad hosts a large number of refugees due to the continuing civil conflict in neighbouring countries: the Central African Republic, Libya, Nigeria and the Sudan. The ongoing civil insecurity due to Boko Haram led to large population displacement compromising the food security amongst refugees, returnees and host communities in the Lake Chad region. According to OCHA, as of October 2016, about 111 980 people have been internally displaced, due to insecurity in the Lake Chad Region. In addition, over 387 000 refugees are estimated to be currently living in Chad, while about 95 108 Chadians have returned to the country. As a result of these various factors, about 941 000 people are currently estimated to be in Phase 3: “Crisis” and above and are in need of urgent assistance across the country, according to the last “Cadre Harmonisé” analysis.

Burkina Faso: GIEWS Country Brief: Burkina Faso 17-October-2016

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Country: Burkina Faso, Mali

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT

  • Early crop prospects are favourable due to adequate rainfall since beginning of cropping season

  • Coarse grain prices seasonally increased in recent months and slightly above their year-earlier levels

  • Humanitarian assistance continues to be needed mostly for Malian refugees in northern Sahel region

Cereal production forecast to increase in 2016 due to adequate rainfall and continued Government support

Harvesting of the 2016 cereal crops is underway. According to satellite-based estimates, rains have been generally adequate allowing satisfactory development of crops since the beginning of the growing season. First significant rains were recorded in early April in the south and southwest. Precipitation progressed northwards over the entire country in May and June and remained generally well‑distributed in time and space, with sufficient amounts. Moreover, the Government has been supporting planting activities by distributing seeds and providing farm equipment. Despite some localized crop losses due to flooding and attacks of the maize crop by caterpillars, the 2016 crop production is preliminarily estimated at slightly above average levels. Pastures have regenerated countrywide, improving livestock conditions.

The 2015 aggregate cereal production was estimated at some 4.2 million tonnes, 6 percent below the previous year’s output and 7 percent below average. Production of sorghum, the most important staple, dropped by 16 percent from 2014, while millet production declined slightly by 3 percent. Similarly, a below average harvest was gathered in 2014, owing to delayed plantings of rice and coarse grains in several parts of the country. The 2014 cereal output was estimated at about 4.47 million tonnes, 8 percent lower than the 2013 record crop gathered and 0.5 percent below the average of the previous five years.

Coarse grain prices have showed seasonal increases in recent months and are slightly above their year‑earlier levels

Prices seasonally increased in recent months and are slightly above their year‑earlier levels. However, the seasonal upward pressure was somewhat offset by favourable prospects for the 2016 cropping season.

Continued assistance still needed, especially for vulnerable people

Food security conditions remain difficult in several regions, especially in Oudalan and Soum provinces, mostly due to rainfall and cereal production deficits in 2015. The food insecure people are located mostly in the Sahel and Northern regions. Moreover, the country continues to host a large number of refugees from neighbouring Mali. According to OCHA, as of end of September 2016 there were still about 32 000 Malian refugees in Burkina Faso, mostly in Oudalan and Soum provinces of the northern Sahel region, which has already been facing food insecurity and high malnutrition rates. About 638 000 people estimated to be in Phase 3: “Crisis” and above, according to the last analysis of the “Cadre Harmonisé” (Harmonized Framework) conducted in the country.

Senegal: GIEWS Country Brief: Senegal 06-October-2016

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Country: Senegal

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT

  • Crop prospects remain uncertain due to rainfall deficits in parts of the country

  • Improved food security situation anticipated in marketing year 2015/16 (November/October)

Precipitation improved from July in most parts of the country but overall crop prospects remain uncertain

The 2016 coarse grains harvest has started. Harvesting of rice is expected to begin in November. Following irregular and insufficient rains in most parts of the country at the beginning of the cropping season, precipitation increased significantly from July, thus reconstituting soil water reserves and improving crop prospects. However, as plantings were delayed and replanting carried out in several regions, crops and pastures will need rains to continue until mid-October to cover their entire growing cycle. The Government has continued to support the agricultural sector through the provision of seeds and fertilizers. An above-average 2016 crop is expected, according to preliminary estimates by the National Agricultural Statistics Services.

In 2015, favourable weather conditions and enhanced Government support to the agricultural sector contributed to a significant increase in cereal production. Official estimates put the 2015 output at about 2.15 million tonnes, 72 percent above the previous year’s level and 56 percent above average. Production of millet, the most important staple crop, increased by 83 percent, while production of groundnuts, increased by 68 percent compared to the 2014 output. The good precipitation levels also improved pasture conditions throughout the country.

A reduced crop was gathered in 2014 due to irregular rains throughout the cropping season. The aggregate 2014 cereal production was estimated at about 1.2 million tonnes, similar to the previous year’s harvest, but a 9 percent drop relative to the five‑year average. Moreover, the erratic rains caused the depletion of grazing resources and lowered water points’ level in the major pastoral areas of the country.

Cereal prices are generally stable

Despite the good crop gathered last year, prices of coarse grains have remained similar to their year‑earlier levels. Millet prices in August 2016 were nearly at the same levels as last year. Similarly, local and imported rice prices were about last year’s levels. Domestic production covers a little over half of the country’s cereal utilization requirements. Therefore, Senegal continues to rely heavily on rice imports from the international market to meet its food requirements.

Food security situation is mostly stable reflecting bumper harvest gathered in 2015

A large segment of the Senegalese population relies on traditional agriculture and livestock related activities to maintain their livelihoods, and therefore, remains in a state of chronic vulnerability due to unpredictable seasonal rains and climatic conditions. Moreover, the high import dependency rate for food exposes the population to fluctuations in the global market.

The bumper harvest gathered in 2015 has significantly improved the fragile food security situation. According to the last “Cadre Harmonisé” analysis conducted in the country, about 220 461 people were estimated to be in Phase 3: “Crisis” and above.

Burkina Faso: Le système d’information migratoire et d’analyse des données (MIDAS) est lancé en ligne au Burkina Faso

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Source: International Organization for Migration
Country: Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso - Pour la première fois, le Burkina Faso pourra contrôler électroniquement les flux migratoires aux points de passage de Dakola (frontière avec le Ghana), du département de Madouba (frontière avec le Mali) et de Yendéré (frontière avec la Côte d’Ivoire), suite à l’installer d’un système d’information migratoire et d’analyse des données (MIDAS), donné par l’OIM au Burkina Faso et financé par le gouvernement du Japon.

Compte tenu de l’insécurité croissante aux frontières dans la région, l’installation de MIDAS représentera une amélioration considérable de la collecte des données migratoires et de la gestion des flux migratoires depuis et vers le Burkina Faso.

La cérémonie de remise du système s’est tenue dans les bureaux du Ministère de l’administration territoriale, de la décentralisation et de la sécurité intérieure à Ouagadougou. Elle a été suivie par l’Ambassadeur du Japon Masato Futaishi et par le responsable du Bureau de l’OIM au Burkina Faso, Abdel Rahmane Diop.

Ils ont remis le système MIDAS à Simone Compaore, Ministre de l’administration territoriale, de la décentralisation et de la sécurité intérieure, représentant la police nationale et la police aux frontières du Burkina Faso.

L’initiative fait partie d’un projet de l’OIM intitulé : Coordinated Border Management in Niger, Mali, Mauritania and Burkina Faso, financé par le gouvernement du Japon.

« Les récents actes de terrorisme dans la région ont encore mis en évidence l’importance de la gestion et de la protection des frontières et de la coopération transfrontalière. Ce partenariat entre les pays du G5 du Sahel, l’OIM et le Japon doit servir d’exemple. Je souhaite vous assurer de l’entière coopération du Japon pour soutenir la région d’Afrique de l’Ouest et d’Afrique centrale dans ses efforts collectifs pour promouvoir la paix, la sécurité, la stabilité et le développement », a déclaré l’Ambassadeur Futaishi.

« Le bureau de pays de l’OIM au Burkina Faso est ravi de pouvoir soutenir le gouvernement burkinabé dans l’installation de MIDAS. Nous sommes convaincus que MIDAS permettra d’améliorer et d’accroître la collecte et la gestion des données migratoires », a conclu M. Diop.

Pour plus d’informations, veuillez contacter Cindy Nouria Zongo, OIM Burkina Faso, Tel: +226 67711366, Email: czongo@iom.int

Nigeria: Nigeria: Displacement - Humanitarian Snapshot (as of October 2016)

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Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria

Round XI of the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) reports 1.8 million people displaced across Adamawa, Borno, Gombe and Yobe states, with a further 300,000 displaced to other areas across Nigeria. As the Nigerian Armed Forces drive out Boko Haram insurgents, people are beginning to move back towards their areas of origin. However, rather than moving back to their farms, they are gathering in Local Government Area headquarters, where they feel relatively safe from BH attacks. There are still an estimated 1 million displaced people in Maiduguri, Borno’s state capital, of which 80 per cent are staying with the host community and placing strain on existing infrastructure. The urgent humanitarian needs of the displaced population and the host communities remain as food, shelter, health, protection, education, early recovery and livelihoods as well as water, sanitation and hygiene.

Niger: Niger HRP 2016: Funding Status as of 28 October 2016

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Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Niger

Cameroon: Cameroon: Cash aid empowers displaced persons in north

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Source: International Committee of the Red Cross
Country: Cameroon

"Rations of rice, beans and oil are a precious source of aid, but sometimes people just need money. We find ourselves having to sell the food we get in order to buy soap or medicine."

In Cameroon's Far North province, which is close to Lake Chad, 500 families displaced by the conflict have each received 60,000 CFA francs (the equivalent of around 100 euros) to meet their basic monthly needs – and maybe even to help them start a small business.

Aïcha Abdou, her husband and their five children had to flee their village two years ago when the conflict in the Lake Chad region made it impossible for them to stay. Since arriving in Sera-Haguiya in Cameroon's Far North province, they have survived by doing odd jobs in the fields, and they have been receiving food aid from the ICRC for a year.

The ICRC began to diversify the humanitarian assistance it provides by giving families cash instead of food rations. This innovative initiative should help to make displaced families in the region more resilient while at the same time giving them the means to meet their basic requirements more effectively. The first phase of the pilot project was a success, with 500 families – including Aïcha's – each receiving an initial sum of CFA 66,000 CFA francs in September. Two further monthly instalments will also be handed out.

"I've already thought about what to do with the money," Aïcha told us. "Once we've bought the food we need, I'm going to use some of the money to start a small business. That way we'll be able to start getting back our independence and will be able to afford other things, like medicine if we are ill."

This new programme aims to give displaced families more freedom and should also help to boost the local economy, which will also be a major benefit. "We hope to expand our cash-assistance programme to 7,000 displaced families next year, without of course neglecting the host community. The families that take in displaced people are also affected by the conflict and have to share their resources with the new arrivals," explained Ibrahima Laye, who is in charge of the project in Maroua, Cameroon.


Nigeria: Nigeria: Incident Snapshot (as of 30 September 2016)

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Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Nigeria

About 34 Boko Haram related incidents targeting military checkpoints, motorists, villagers, food and livestock convoys were reported in 19 out of the 27 LGAs of Borno state during the month of September. In comparison to 17 incidents reported in August, this marked a resurgence of violence with implications for humanitarian access and safety.

Mali: WFP Mali Country Brief September 2016

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Source: World Food Programme
Country: Mali

Highlights

  • WFP assisted 231,000 vulnerable people with food, cash and vouchers to alleviate food insecurity brought by the lean season (June-September).

  • WFP Mali urgently needs resources to continue its school meals program. If funding is not urgently secured, school children in 965 schools throughout the country, including Kidal, are at risk and will not receive school meals during the new school year.

  • Thanks to a USD 1.1 million contribution from ECHO, WFP will be able to continue food assistance for 58,000 children of 6-23 months and 23,600 pregnant and nursing women until the end of October 2016 through blanket supplementary feeding activities.

Cameroon: WFP Cameroon Country Brief, September 2016

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Source: World Food Programme
Country: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Nigeria

Highlights

  • Shortage of funds will force WFP to reduce the size of food rations to C.A.R refugees to 30 percent of the initial value, starting from October. This will allow WFP to continue food assistance up to end-year. However, urgent funding is needed to restore full assistance and ensure that refugees’ food and nutrition needs are adequately met.

  • In September, WFP completed an Emergency Food Security Assessment (EFSA) to reassess the food security situation in the four priority regions of Cameroon, namely North, Far North, East and Adamawa where WFP operates.

Operational Updates

  • WFP continues to respond to the crisis in the Far North and eastern regions of the country. In September, 417,000 vulnerable refugees, IDPs and local populations were reached through food and nutrition support, with 4,900 mt of food and USD 600,000 in cash. In addition to assisting populations in Cameroon, WFP delivered 413 mt of food to Banki in northeast Nigeria, to which access remains hampered from within the country.

  • UNHAS transported 432 passengers, carried 1,540 kg of light cargo for 32 organizations during the month.

  • As of October, a recently received CERF allocation will enable WFP and other UN agencies in Cameroon to scale up much needed humanitarian assistance in terms of food, water and basic emergency health services in the Logone & Chari department in the Far North region. WFP will use its portion of the contribution to increase food assistance to 20,000 new IDPs and nutrition preventive support to another 20,000 children 6-23 months in priority health districts.

  • WFP in collaboration with the ministry of public health carried out a mid-term evaluation of nutrition programmes implemented in the framework of the new nutrition strategy. The final report, expected by end October, will inform directions for a further expansion of the programme.

  • In September, WFP presented the main findings and recommendations from the Country Strategic Review exercise to the Government and other main stakeholders. The findings, which have been endorsed by the Government through the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, will inform WFP’s portfolio of assistance in Cameroon for the next five years and contribute to the formulation of a Government-led food security and nutrition policy and action plan.

Nigeria: Quick Facts: what you need to know about the hunger crisis in the Lake Chad region

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Source: Mercy Corps
Country: Niger, Nigeria

In the Lake Chad Basin, drought and massive displacement due to violence from Boko Haram are converging to create a severe humanitarian crisis.

Boko Haram’s cycle of violence has uprooted and displaced 2.6 million people near the already fragile and drought-afflicted Lake Chad water basin, which includes portions of Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Chad.

It is a complicated and massive humanitarian crisis. Some 9 million people— out of a total population of 20 million living in the areas of affected by Boko Haram — are in need of food, water, shelter and other humanitarian assistance.

In Nigeria alone, 4.4 million people are in need of urgent food assistance and nearly a quarter of a million children are severely malnourished.

Now, as the Nigerian government has recently regained control of areas previously occupied by Boko Haram, we have uncovered extreme levels of suffering in these regions, too.

“As we’ve had better access to these areas, the level and urgency of the need we see is horrifying and demands immediate action,” says Iveta Ouvry, Mercy Corps country director in Nigeria. “We are working as quickly as possible to expand our ongoing delivery of food vouchers, financial assistance and water, sanitation and hygiene support.”

The Lake Chad Basin has been grappling with the effects of poverty, climate change and weak governance for years. In both Nigeria and Niger, Mercy Corps has been working with the local communities to improve access to food, safety and security, while fueling economic development and other interventions that make communities stronger.

Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world, with an annual per person income of less than $200. Unpredictable rain patterns due to climate change severely affect farmers’ ability to grow enough food. A failed harvest at the end of 2011 left Niger and the entire Sahel region of West Africa in a water and food crisis.

Ten percent of children suffer from acute malnutrition and 44 percent are chronically malnourished, according to the World Food Programme.

Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa, but about 70 percent of the country lives in poverty. As many as 80 percent of women in some regions are illiterate and lack access to resources and information to help them better their lives and contribute to their families and their country.

Crisis made worse by Boko Haram

Boko Haram emerged in the region in the early 2000s as an anti-government Islamic sect, but began to gain notoriety in 2009 when its actions became more radical and deadly. The group made international headlines after the 2014 abduction of 276 girls from their school in Chibok, Nigeria.

Since then, millions have fled their villages to escape Boko Haram recruitment and violence.

Most of the people who’ve fled are farmers, herders and traders. They’ve left their land, homes and livelihoods with nothing – and often watched them being destroyed as they fled.

The region affected is in northeast Nigeria, at the nexus of Niger, Cameroon, Chad and Nigeria. Most people have taken refuge in host communities in this area.

The massive displacement is stretching already scarce resources beyond the breaking point.

Now, as the Nigerian government has regained control of certain areas and the region has gained some stability, the severity of the problem has come to light on the world stage and exposed the need for urgent action.

What is Mercy Corps doing?

At the heart of our work is a focus on the root causes of food insecurity across the region.

In Niger, we work to improve access to food, nutrition information and connect local farmers with seeds, livestock and veterinary services so they can better support themselves.

We also focus on helping women and girls become more involved in community decision-making.

More specifically in Nigeria, we have been working in Gombe and Adamawa states in the northeast part of the country to provide emergency help in response to those uprooted by the violence.

We are providing emergency food assistance with electronic vouchers, distributing non-food essentials and cash transfers. And we’re increasing access to water and sanitation, and giving livelihood support so displaced people have the means to care for themselves and their families.

The interventions that we already had in place have become even more critical as we move to reach desperate families in areas that were previously inaccessible due to their occupation by Boko Haram.

The Mercy Corps team in Nigeria is quickly working to expand its humanitarian response to these regions, including south Borno state, where an estimated 800,000 people are living in burned villages and unstructured camps with little-to-no access to food, aid or income.

Many people in these communities survive by selling foraged firewood, begging or laboring for less than the equivalent of $1 USD per day. During a recent assessment in this region, 97 percent of people reported they couldn’t afford to buy food in the previous four weeks.

We plan to help families meet their urgent needs, and introduce long-term programming that will focus on reducing conflict between the displaced and host communities, increasing access to financial services, and improving the wellbeing of women and girls.

Because we have been in the region for several years, we have specific research around Boko Haram. We have studied how the group recruits youth and what factors help prevent youth from joining Boko Haram.

We are also implementing programming that will more specifically target youth who are vulnerable to joining Boko Haram and address the root causes of conflict and violence.

“This is not a crisis that will be solved with one silver-bullet solution,” says Ouvry. “Both international donors and governments in the region need to respond quickly with short and long-term solutions, such as directing more resources to address immediate needs and developing policies to tackle the underlying causes of the crisis."

"Put simply, the world cannot afford to wait another moment to take action.” Learn more and read our recommendations for the global response

Senegal: L’importance du genre dans les processus politiques pour garantir le droit à l’alimentation : cas du Sénégal et Togo

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Country: Senegal, Togo

Quelles sont les questions de genre1 qui ont le plus d’impact sur le droit à l’alimentation, en général? Et, en particulier, dans le cas du Togo et du Sénégal?

Le droit à l´alimentation est le droit de chaque homme, chaque femme et chaque enfant à accéder dans la dignité à une nourriture suffisante et de qualité adéquate, en produisant ou en achetant des aliments. L’accès équitable des femmes aux facteurs de production, notamment à la terre, est fondamental et déterminant pour concrétiser ce droit en leur permettant de produire les aliments nécessaires à la consommation de la famille. En outre, pour acheter de la nourriture, les femmes doivent avoir des revenus adéquats (accès à un travail décent et à un salaire digne ou à un système de protection sociale) et des conditions d’accès au marché satisfaisantes (en termes de temps, de transport et d’autonomie). Elles doivent aussi avoir une alimentation adaptée à leurs conditions physiques et à leurs besoins physiologiques.

En Afrique de l´Ouest et, en particulier au Sénégal et au Togo, l´étude a mis en évidence la contribution fondamentale des femmes dans la concrétisation du droit à l´alimentation. Au niveau macro-économique, les femmes sont les moteurs de la production, de la transformation et de la commercialisation des aliments et du développement des secteurs clés de l´économie (agriculture, élevage, pêche). Au niveau communautaire et familial, elles militent pour obtenir un accès aux services sociaux de base (éducation, santé, eau, assainissement, etc.) et à la nutrition, afin d’avoir des conditions de vie plus dignes et plus de possibilités de sortir du cycle de la pauvreté.

En dépit du rôle important des femmes au niveau politique, économique et social, l´étude a constaté d’importantes contraintes qui les empêchent de jouir pleinement du droit à l´alimentation. À cet égard, il faut noter la méconnaissance même du droit à l’alimentation chez bon nombre de personnes, en particulier chez les femmes. Bien qu’il y ait des différences entre le Sénégal et le Togo, les inégalités d´accès aux ressources productives subsistent, notamment en ce qui concerne l´accès à la terre et aux autres facteurs de production, comme les technologies agricoles, les intrants, le crédit, etc. Par ailleurs, les programmes de vulgarisation et de recherche agricole sont peu adaptés aux conditions, besoins et intérêts spécifiques des femmes.

L´inégalité hommes-femmes dans les conditions d´accès à l´emploi est aussi évidente (conditions de travail, inégalités de traitement, violences sur les lieux de travail). Cela est aggravé par les taux élevés d´analphabétisme, les difficultés d´accès à l´éducation et le problème du maintien des femmes dans le système scolaire. De plus, lorsqu’il existe des systèmes de protection sociale, ils sont encore au stade embryonnaire et ils prennent difficilement en compte les discriminations à l’égard des femmes, en dépit de certains efforts encore timides.

L´accès aux services sociaux reste insuffisant, surtout en milieu rural où les systèmes d´éducation et de santé sont déficients et les violences à l’égard des femmes et des filles sont toujours très présentes sous plusieurs formes (mariages précoces ou sans consentement, mutilations génitales, rites avilissants de veuvage, coups et blessures, etc.). Ces contraintes socio-culturelles limitent les opportunités des femmes et font que les filles se voient difficilement reconnaître les mêmes droits que les garçons. L’ensemble de ces facteurs contribue à la faible autonomisation des femmes, ainsi qu’à leur présence et à leur rôle marginaux dans les espaces de décision politique et sociale aux niveaux national, local et communautaire.

Chad: Chad: Humanitarian situation overview (as of 1 October 2016)

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Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria, Sudan

Chad faces a numerous simultaneous and inter-connected humanitarian crises in a broader context of chronic vulnerability. Insecurity in the region has caused significant population movement from neighbouring countries (Sudan, CAR, Nigeria) as well as internal displacement. Meanwhile, millions are affected by food insecurity and malnutrition, especially in the Sahel belt. The situation is exacerbated by persistent outbreaks of measles and malaria, and plagues of locusts devastated crops in the month of September in areas often affected by droughts and floods in the same crop cycle.

Chad: Tchad : Aperçu de la situation humanitaire (au 1er octobre 2016)

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Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria, Sudan

Le Tchad fait face à des crises humanitaires multiples et interconnectées, dans un contexte de vulnérabilités chroniques. L’instabilité sécuritaire a entrainé d’importants mouvements de population en provenance des pays voisins (Soudan, RCA, Nigéria) ainsi que des déplacements internes. Des millions de personnes sont touchées par l’insécurité alimentaire et la malnutrition, en particulier dans la bande sahélienne. La situation est exacerbée par des épidémies persistantes de la rougeole et le paludisme, et les criquets ont dévastée les cultures au cours du mois de Septembre dans les régions souvent touchées par les sécheresses et les inondations dans le même cycle de récolte.


Nigeria: UNICEF frees 876 children held by Nigeria for possible Boko Haram ties

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Source: Reuters - AlertNet
Country: Nigeria

"We fear that there are still kids who are being at least temporarily detained because they are being released from Boko Haram areas by the army" * Children held after Nigeria retakes land from Boko Haram

  • Rights groups say no proper legal process

  • Army says needs to establish whether any militant links

By Stephanie Nebehay

GENEVA, Oct 28 (Reuters) - The United Nations has negotiated the release of nearly 900 children detained by Nigeria's army and security forces after they have retaken land from Boko Haram militants, a senior official said.

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Chad: Tchad: UNHCR Flash Info : Mission d'une délégation de BPRM du département d'Etat américain à Farchana

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Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Country: Chad

Du 18 au 21 octobre 2016, la Sous-Délégation de Farchana a rec;u une mission du Bureau du Departement d'Etat en charge des questions de population, de refugies et de migration (BPRM). Composée de trois personnes en provenance de Washington, la délégation était conduite par M. Lance Kinne, Representant de !'institution à N'Djamena. Cette mission s'inscrit dans le cadre d'une visite des réalisations des travaux et activités sous financement BPRM.

Nigeria: Lake Chad Basin - Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #2, Fiscal Year (FY) 2017

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Source: US Agency for International Development
Country: Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria, United States of America

HIGHLIGHTS

  • U.S. Ambassador Michael S. Hoza redeclares a disaster in Cameroon for FY 2017 due to the complex emergency

  • Nutrition surveys identify GAM levels from 20 to 50 percent in some parts of Borno, indicating a nutrition emergency

  • Insecurity continues to limit humanitarian access to populations in need of assistance in the Lake Chad Basin region

KEY DEVELOPMENTS

  • Insecurity resulting from the Boko Haram insurgency continues to negatively affect populations throughout the Lake Chad Basin region, comprising the countries of Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria. The conflict has generated sustained displacement and food insecurity, and resulted in approximately 9.2 million people requiring assistance throughout the region, primarily in northeastern Nigeria.

  • The number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Cameroon's Far North Region has increased significantly since 2015 due to Boko Haram-related insecurity. Despite interventions by the Government of the Republic of Cameroon (GRC), the conflict has negatively impacted food security, generated significant protection risks, and resulted in diminished access to health care services, nutrition support, and safe drinking water. In response to the ongoing complex emergency, U.S. Ambassador Michael S. Hoza redeclared a disaster in Cameroon for FY 2017 on October 20.

  • A recent UN progress report on the 2016 Nigeria Humanitarian Response Plan detailed response challenges and made recommendations for improving relief efforts. As of mid-October, the response is not meeting existing needs, particularly in newly accessible areas of northeastern Nigeria, the UN reports. Although insecurity is a significant constraint to the response, substantial funding gaps have also limited the scale up of response efforts to address increasing needs. The UN recommends incorporating needs in newly accessible areas into existing operational plans and strengthening information coordination, analysis, and monitoring to increase humanitarian accountability and advocacy.

  • On October 21, the USAID-funded Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) issued an alert regarding the critical nutrition situation in parts of Nigeria’s Borno and Yobe states. Mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) screenings in newly accessible areas indicate a nutrition emergency, with 20–50 percent of screened children identified as acutely malnourished, significantly exceeding the UN World Health Organization (WHO) emergency threshold of 15 percent.

Nigeria: Active USG Programs for the Lake Chad Basin Response (Last Updated 10/28/16)

South Sudan: South Sudan Access Constraints Map (as of 28 October 2016)

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Source: World Food Programme, Logistics Cluster
Country: South Sudan

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