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Chad: Lake Chad Basin Crisis – Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) – ECHO Daily Map | 08/11/2016

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Source: European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations
Country: Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria


Central African Republic: Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre: Aperçu humanitaire hebdomadaire ( 1 – 7 novembre 2016)

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Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Central African Republic, Ghana, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria

RÉPUBLIQUE CENTRAFRICAINE

145 VILLAGES DÉSERTÉS SUITE À DES ATTAQUES ARMÉES

Quelque 145 villages de la localité de Koui, dans la préfecture de Bocaranga, à l’ouest, restent désertes depuis l'invasion de militants armés à la fin du mois de septembre. Toutes les écoles et établissements de santé sont fermés et plus de 3 000 familles déplacées vivent le long des routes principales à Bocaranga. Environ 440 personnes se sont réfugiées dans un site proche de l'église catholique locale. D'autres restent chez des familles d'accueil. Une aide supplémentaire en matière de santé, de nourriture, d'éducation et d'assainissement est nécessaire. Le Coordonnateur humanitaire des Nations Unies a mené une mission à Bocaranga afin de trouver des moyens d'aider les travailleurs humanitaires à assister ceux qui en ont besoin.

GHANA

175 CAS DE CHOLÉRA À CAPE COAST

Au 3 novembre, il y avait 175 cas de choléra et aucun décès dans l'épidémie en cours dans le district de Cape Coast, au sud. Après une hausse soudaine des cas, l'épidémie est en baisse grâce aux contrôles et aux mesures préventives prises par les autorités, les organisations humanitaires et les communautés touchées. Le dépistage des cas, l'enregistrement et le suivi au niveau des établissements de santé sont également en cours.

MAURITANIE

LA LUTTE ANTIACRIDIENNE COUVRE 8 500 HECTARES

Le 3 novembre, la FAO a déclaré que la lutte antiacridienne a jusqu'à présent couvert près de 8 500 hectares depuis le début des opérations à la fin du mois de septembre. La flambée est actuellement confinée à la partie occidentale du pays où une reproduction répandue d’adultes dispersés, de groupes et de quelques essaims en octobre a abouti à la formation de groupes et bandes larvaires. Il est probable que la reproduction s'étendra vers les zones qui ont reçu de fortes pluies dans le nord du pays.

NIGER

VINGT MORTS LORS D’AFFRONTEMENTS ENTRE AGRICULTEURS ET ÉLEVEURS

De violents affrontements ont éclaté le 1er novembre entre agriculteurs et éleveurs dans la ville de Bangui, dans la région de Tahoua, tuant 20 personnes et en blessant 40 autres, selon des sources sécuritaires. Quinze maisons ont également été brûlées dans l'incident déclenché après qu’un troupeau de bétail errant dans une ferme a détruit des cultures. Les autorités ont déployé les forces de sécurité dans la ville rurale et des enquêtes sont en cours. Une médiation pour trouver une solution pacifique est en cours entre les autorités administratives et les chefs traditionnels.

NIGERIA

UNE VAGUE D’ATTAQUES TUE PLUS DE 50 PERSONNES

Plus d'une cinquantaine de personnes ont été tuées entre le 3 et le 6 novembre dans une série d'attaques de Boko Haram visant des positions militaires dans les localités d'Abaddam, Mobbar, Marte et Chibok dans le nord-est du pays. Le début de la saison sèche a facilité les mouvements du groupe armé, entraînant une recrudescence des attaques. La persistance de la violence dans l'État de Borno continue d'entraver l'accès à des centaines de milliers de personnes ayant besoin d'aide humanitaire.

Nigeria: UNHCR Shelter Response - Nigeria, Updated as of 31 October 2016

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Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Country: Nigeria

Shelter Status

2,665 Shelters
have been constructed in Borno State to reach
5,120 HHs

Chad: Lake Chad Basin Crisis - October 2016 - ECHO Daily Map | 08/11/2016

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Source: European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations
Country: Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria

World: The Global Climate in 2011–2015

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Source: World Meteorological Organization
Country: India, Pakistan, Philippines, Somalia, South Africa, Thailand, World

Extreme weather increasingly linked to global warming

The World Meteorological Organization has published a detailed analysis of the global climate 2011-2015 – the hottest five-year period on record  - and the increasingly visible human footprint on extreme weather and climate events with dangerous and costly impacts.

The record temperatures were accompanied by rising sea levels and declines in Arctic sea-ice extent, continental glaciers and northern hemisphere snow cover.

All these climate change indicators confirmed the long-term warming trend caused by greenhouse gases. Carbon dioxide reached the significant milestone of 400 parts per million in the atmosphere for the first time in 2015, according to the WMO report which was submitted to U.N. climate change conference.

The Global Climate 2011-2015 also examines whether human-induced climate change was directly linked to individual extreme events. Of 79 studies published by the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society between 2011 and 2014, more than half found that human-induced climate change contributed to the extreme event in question. Some studies found that the probability of extreme heat increased by 10 times or more.

“The Paris Agreement aims at limiting the global temperature increase to well below 2 ° Celsius and pursuing efforts towards 1.5 ° Celsius above pre-industrial levels. This report confirms that the average temperature in 2015 had already reached the 1°C mark. We just had the hottest five-year period on record, with 2015 claiming the title of hottest individual year. Even that record is likely to be beaten in 2016,” said WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas.

“The effects of climate change have been consistently visible on the global scale since the 1980s: rising global temperature, both over land and in the ocean; sea-level rise; and the widespread melting of ice. It has increased the risks of extreme events such as heatwaves, drought, record rainfall and damaging floods,” said Mr Taalas.

The report highlighted some of the high-impact events. These included the East African drought in 2010-2012 which caused an estimated 258,000 excess deaths and the 2013-2015 southern African drought; flooding in South-East Asia in 2011 which killed 800 people and caused more than US$40 billion in economic losses, 2015 heatwaves in India and Pakistan in 2015, which claimed more than 4,100 lives; Hurricane Sandy in 2012 which caused US$67 billion in economic losses in the United States of America, and Typhoon Haiyan which killed 7,800 people in the Philippines in 2013.

The report was submitted to the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The five-year timescale allows a better understanding of multi-year warming trends and extreme events such as prolonged droughts and recurrent heatwaves than an annual report.

WMO will release its provisional assessment of the state of the climate in 2016  on 14 November to inform the climate change negotiations in Marrakech, Morrocco.

Highlights

2011-2015 was the warmest five-year period on record globally and for all continents apart from Africa (second warmest). Temperatures for the period were 0.57 °C (1.03 °F) above the average for the standard 1961–1990 reference period. The warmest year on record to date was 2015, during which temperatures were 0.76 °C (1.37 °F) above the 1961–1990 average, followed by 2014. The year 2015 was also the first year in which global temperatures were more than 1 °C above the pre-industrial era.

Global ocean temperatures were also at unprecedented levels. Globally averaged sea-surface temperatures for 2015 were the highest on record, with 2014 in second place. Sea-surface temperatures for the period were above average in most of the world, although they were below average in parts of the Southern Ocean and the eastern South Pacific.

A strong La Niña event (2011) and powerful El Niño (2015/2016) influenced the temperatures of individual years without changing the underlying warming trend.

Ice and snow

Arctic sea ice continued its decline. Averaged over 2011-2015, the mean Arctic sea-ice extent in September was 4.70 million km2, 28% below the 1981–2010 average. The minimum summer sea-ice extent of 3.39 million km2 in 2012 was the lowest on record.

By contrast, for much of the period 2011– 2015, the Antarctic sea-ice extent was above the 1981–2010 mean value, particularly for the winter maximum.

Summer surface melting of the Greenland ice sheet continued at above-average levels, with the summer melt extent exceeding the 1981–2010 average in all five years from 2011 to 2015. Mountain glaciers also continued their decline.

Northern hemisphere snow cover extent was well below average in all five years and in all months from May to August, continuing a strong downward trend.

Sea level rise

As the oceans warm, they expand, resulting in both global and regional sea-level rise. Increased ocean heat content accounts for about 40% of the observed global sea-level increase over the past 60 years. A number of studies have concluded that the contribution of continental ice sheets, particularly Greenland and west Antarctica, to sea-level rise is accelerating.

During the satellite record from 1993 to present, sea levels have risen approximately 3 mm per year, compared to the average 1900–2010 trend (based on tide gauges) of 1.7 mm per year.

Climate change and extreme weather

Many individual extreme weather and climate events recorded during 2011–2015 were made more likely as a result of human-induced (anthropogenic) climate change.  In the case of some extreme high temperatures, the probability increased by a factor of ten or more.

Examples include the record high seasonal and annual temperatures in the United States in 2012 and in Australia in 2013, hot summers in eastern Asia and western Europe in 2013, heatwaves in spring and autumn 2014 in Australia, record annual warmth in Europe in 2014, and a heatwave in Argentina in December 2013.

The direct signals were not as strong for precipitation extremes (both high and low). In numerous cases, including the 2011 flooding in South-East Asia, the 2013–2015 drought in southern Brazil, and the very wet winter of 2013-2014 in the United Kingdom, no clear evidence was found of an influence from anthropogenic climate change. However, in the case of the extreme rainfall in the United Kingdom in December 2015, it was found that climate change had made such an event about 40% more likely.

Some impacts were linked to increased vulnerability. A study of the 2014 drought in south-east Brazil found that similar rainfall deficits had occurred on three other occasions since 1940, but that the impacts were exacerbated by a substantial increase in the demand for water, due to population growth.

Some longer-term events, which have not yet been the subject of formal attribution studies, are consistent with projections of near- and long-term climate change.  These include increased incidence of multi-year drought in the subtropics, as manifested in the 2011-2015 period in the southern United States, parts of southern Australia and, towards the end of the period, southern Africa.

There have also been events, such as the unusually prolonged, intense and hot dry seasons in the Amazon basin of Brazil in both 2014 and 2015, which are of concern as potential “tipping points” in the climate system.

Results of studies on attribution of extreme events to anthropogenic climate change (Sources: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society and various other publications)

The World Meteorological Organization is the United Nations System’s authoritative voice on Weather, Climate and Water

For further information contact: WMO Media Officer Clare Nullis cnullis@wmo.int. Tel + 41 79 709 13 97.

Niger: Niger - Camp de réfugiés de Sayam Forage - Aménagement du camp de réfugiés: Distance ménages - Points d'eau (septembre 2016)

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Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees, REACH Initiative
Country: Niger

Niger: Niger : Camp de déplacés de Kabalewa (septembre 2016) - Aménagement du camp de déplacés : Emplacement des latrines et douches

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Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees, REACH Initiative
Country: Niger

Nigeria: UNHCR Funding Update on the Nigeria Situation: 2016 contributions (USD) as of 8 November 2016

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Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Country: Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria

  • 107.2 M required for 2016
  • 28.9 M contributions received, representing 27% of requirements
  • 78.3 M funding gap for the Nigeria Situation

Niger: Niger - Camp de réfugiés de Sayam Forage - Aménagement du camp de réfugiés: Emplacement des quartiers et ilots (septembre 2016)

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Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees, REACH Initiative
Country: Niger

Nigeria: Freed Chibok girls spared from abuse and rape by Nigeria's Boko Haram - source

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Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Country: Nigeria

Health workers confirmed the girls were not sexually abused while in captivity, and tested negative for sexually transmitted diseases

By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani

ABUJA, Nov 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The 21 Chibok schoolgirls freed by Boko Haram militants last month say they were not abused or raped during two-and-a-half years' captivity in northeast Nigeria, a source close to the presidency said on Wednesday.

Many girls kidnapped by the Islamist militant group have been used as sex slaves, fighters and even suicide bombers, according to rights groups including Amnesty International.

But the 21 freed girls said the militants treated them well while they were held captive, according to a confidential report based on their two-week debriefing prepared for President Muhammadu Buhari and seen by the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

The girls, released last month after Switzerland and the Red Cross brokered a deal, are now being held in a secret location in the capital Abuja for assessment by the Nigerian government.

State health workers confirmed that the girls were not sexually abused while in captivity, adding that they all tested negative for sexually transmitted diseases, the report said.

"The girls said the Boko Haram men always assured them that they would eventually go back home to their families, and were careful about what they said around the girls and how they treated them," said the source, who declined to be named.

"They had been fed well and regularly, until the military cut off Boko Haram supplies," the government source added.

More than 200 girls were seized from their school in April 2014 in Chibok in Borno state, where Boko Haram has waged a seven-year insurgency aimed at creating an Islamic state, killing thousands and displacing more than 2 million people.

Boko Haram has kidnapped hundreds of men, women and children but the abduction of the Chibok girls - some 200 of whom are still missing - prompted outrage worldwide and their plight was publicised using a Twitter hashtag, #bringbackourgirls.

NO FORCED MARRIAGE, CONVERSION

The daily routine for the girls, who were moved in captivity between the northeastern town of Gwoza and the Sambisa forest, a Boko Haram stronghold, involved personal time in the morning followed by Koranic teaching and cooking meals, the report said.

Most of the girls said they were held in makeshift dwellings made of zinc sheets in Sambisa, while those who were married lived with their militant husbands in camps across the forest.

The 21 recently released girls said that while the Boko Haram militants advised them to marry and convert to Islam, they were not forced into doing so, according to the report.

"The girls said that those of them who did not agree to marry were used as house girls (servants)," the source said.

The girls recognised almost all the faces of Boko Haram members on a government most-wanted list, but did not know the militants' names and never saw the Islamist group's established figurehead Abubakar Shekau, according to the source.

When shown pictures of 142 of their still missing classmates, the girls said 61 had married Boko Haram militants, eight had died during Nigerian air force strikes, three during childbirth, and one of an unknown cause, the report found.

Another Chibok girl and her 10-month-old son were discovered by troops days ago while they were screening escapees from Boko Haram's base in the Sambisa forest.

The first of the Chibok girls to be released by Boko Haram, Amina Ali, was freed in May. Ali has since been held in a house in Abuja for what the state has called a "restoration process". She said in August that she "just wanted to go home".

Boko Haram controlled a swathe of land around the size of Belgium at the start of 2015, but Nigeria's army has recaptured most of the territory. The group still stages suicide bombings in the northeast, as well as in neighbouring Niger and Cameroon.

(Reporting by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, Writing by Kieran Guilbert, Editing by Emma Batha.; Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, women's rights, trafficking, corruption and climate change. Visit news.trust.org)

Mali: UNHCR - Mali 2016 Funding Update as of 8 November 2016

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Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Country: Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger

  • 106.7 M required for 2016
  • 32.9 M contributions received, representing 31% of requirements
  • 73.7 M funding gap for the Mali Situation

All figures are displayed in USD

Central African Republic: UNHCR - Central African Republic Situation - 2016 Funding Update as of 8 November 2016

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Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Country: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • 225.5 M required for 2016
  • 38.6 M contributions received, representing 17% of requirements
  • 186.9 M funding gap for the Central African Republic Situation

All figures are displayed in USD

Nigeria: WHO donates emergency medical supplies for the response in Borno State, Nigeria

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Source: World Health Organization
Country: Nigeria

WHO has donated lifesaving medical supplies to three health sector partners responding to the emergency health needs of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Borno State, Nigeria.

Two full Interagency Emergency Health Kits (IEHK) with enough medicines and supplies to provide essential care for 20 000 people for 3 months were donated to the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) Spain. These kits are being used to support the response in Benisheik hospital and camps in Jere and Maiduguri local government areas. These kits also contained medicines and supplies to prevent malaria and HIV infection.

One Interagency Diarrhoeal Disease Kit (IDDK) and 5 basic IEHKs for 5000 people for 3 months were donated to Médecins du Monde to respond to the needs of IDPs in Kawarmela camp.

"The supplies provided by WHO will be used by IRC’s supported mobile teams to better respond to the dire health care needs of people in Maiduguri Municipal Council and Jere host communities," says Carmen Yip, Emergency Health Coordinator, IRC in Maiduguri, Nigeria.

"This will enhance IRC’s response by preventing stock-outs of medications as we wait for our international procurements of medications to enter the country. If a stock-out of medications were to happen, our primary health care programme would need to stop."

Kits sent to potential disease hot spots

Since the start of the crisis in north-eastern Nigeria, WHO has sent 10 Interagency Diarrhoeal Disease Kits (IDDKs) and 7 full Interagency Emergency Health Kits (IEHK) to Borno State Ministry of Health. These are being used to support the Government’s response to the ongoing emergency.

One complete IDDK provides treatment for 100 severe cholera cases, 400 moderate cholera cases, 100 adults and 100 children with shigella dysentery. One full IEHK provides enough essential medicines and supplies to meet the health needs of 10 000 people for 3 months.

"WHO in collaboration with Borno State Ministry of Health will be distributing the remaining IDDK kits to potential cholera hot spots and in all areas where high cases of acute watery diarrhoeal diseases have been reported," says Dr Rex Mpazanje, acting WHO Country Representative to Nigeria. "In addition, the diarrhoeal and emergency kits will be distributed to partners who are supporting the health response," he added.

Malaria is highest disease burden

Borno State has experienced numerous outbreaks of acute watery diarrhoea over the past few years; the most recent one was reported in Rann village in Kala-Balge in September 2016. Malaria is the leading cause of illness in all IDP camps and host communities, while acute respiratory tract infections are the second most common disease.

Weekly disease surveillance reports from WHO’s EWARS system show that malaria and diarrhoea are the most common diseases among IDPs and host communities in Borno State. Supplies from WHO will help the State Ministry of Health to manage such diseases in health facilities.

WHO and health partners continue to support Borno State Ministry of Health to respond to the health needs of more than 3.7 million people by filling in gaps jointly identified with government counterparts.

Nigeria: WHO and partners support measles vaccination in Borno State, Nigeria

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Source: World Health Organization
Country: Nigeria

WHO and health partners helped vaccinate more than 10 000 children against measles in 2 days in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in the conflict-affected Borno State.

Since 6 June 2016, health clinics in IDP camps in Borno State have seen increasing numbers of measles cases. From early September until late October, 744 suspected cases of measles, and 2 deaths, were reported from WHO-established EWARS reporting sites. The majority of these children had never been vaccinated against measles and most of them were aged less than 5 years.

Disease surveillance data, backed by a survey done in the Custom House and Muna garage IDP camps in Maiduguri, shows that measles vaccine coverage is very low so there is great risk of an outbreak of this highly infectious disease in the camps.

Millions of children had no access to health services

"The conflict in Borno State has left millions of children with limited access to basic health care, and at risk from diseases like measles and polio that can spread rapidly," says Babagana Abiso, Director for Disease Control, Borno State Primary Health Care Development Agency.

"This campaign will ensure that those communities that have been deprived of services in this long-term conflict are reached."

Measles vaccination in 18 IDP camps

The State Ministry of Health, with support from WHO and other partners, aims to reach more than 75 000 children aged 6 months to 15 years of age in 18 IDP camps, including Muna garage, Customs House and Fariya IDP camps where the campaigns have already commenced. By the end of November, the campaign will be expanded to 15 additional IDP camps in Maiduguri Municipal Council and Jere Local Government Area.

"WHO is working with partners on the ground to deliver lifesaving services. Our immediate priorities are to provide emergency interventions like measles and polio vaccination campaigns and respond to the increasing number of malaria and diarrhoeal disease cases," says Dr Rex Mpazanje, acting WHO Representative in Nigeria.

"WHO has supported the State Ministry of Health to transport over 100 000 doses of the vaccines into Maiduguri and will provide other logistical support to cover any other gaps," adds Dr Mpazanje.

WHO helps train vaccination teams

WHO also supports the State Government by providing staff and training local health workers to conduct the campaigns. In total, 13 Hard-to-Reach Teams supported by WHO will be involved in this vaccination exercise in all the 18 camps.

Health workers and volunteers supported by WHO and other health partners set up and ran vaccination sites in Muna garage, Customs House and Fariya IDP camps. Community mobilizers and volunteers moved from house to house informing parents and caregivers of the location of nearby vaccination sites and the importance of the measles campaign. The same approach will be replicated in the rest of the camps. Other services that were provided during the campaign included Vitamin A administration and malnutrition screening.

Measles is a highly infectious viral disease and one of the leading causes of death among young children globally. Children with malnutrition are particularly vulnerable to illness and death.

Cameroon: Cameroon Factsheet October 2016

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Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Country: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Nigeria

259,145 Central African refugees registered by UNHCR in rural areas in the East,
Adamaoua and North regions, of which 158,418 arrived since December 2013

73,745 Nigerian refugees in the Far North region (of which 58, 58,874 have been registered at Minawao camp)

192,912 Internally Displaced Persons in the Far North region (sources: DTM by IOM as of August 2016 and UNHCR protection monitoring Flash Updates)

MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS

  • The security situation in the Far North region remains of concern. Indeed, Boko Haram continues to carry out terrorist attacks, particularly in the departments of Mayo-Sava and Logone et Chari, resulting in killings, lootings and cattle robbery. In the past week, some 250 new refugees arrived at the Gourenguel transit centre; the majority having left the IDP camp of Fufore, located in Yola (Adamawa State) in Nigeria, claiming difficult living conditions and the wish to be reunited with family members in Minawao camp. The new arrivals were screened and registered at the transit center and were shortly thereafter transferred to Minawao camp for assistance in shelter, access to clean water and basic health care, food and non-food items (mat, kitchen utensils, jerry cans, blankets etc.).

  • Recent clashes in the Central African Republic between the anti-Balaka and ex-Seleka led to the arrival of about 441 new asylum seekers from Koui Degaule to the towns of Yamba and Ngaoui in Adamawa region. They were transferred to the refugees site of Ngam and provided necessary assistance.

  • UNHCR and the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Regional Development (MINEPAT) signed a partnership agreement to support the development of communities that host refugees in Cameroon, especially in the East, Adamawa and North regions. Indeed, the presence of Central African refugees in these areas exerts significant pressure on stability, peaceful coexistence and natural resources, exacerbating the already significant development needs in those communities. This agreement aims to improve the living conditions of refugees and host communities in localities hosting Central African refugees through a partnership that would generate activities, programs and funds for the benefit of refugees and host communities. An ad hoc committee responsible for coordinating and monitoring interventions of development partners in these areas has also been created by a Ministerial Decision.
    Activities are conducted in the field in this perspective such as the participation of UNHCR in the training of trainers seminar of the National Participatory Development Programme (PNDP) held in Mandjou during the week of October 3, on "Integrating the issues of refugees and IDPs in municipal development plans " where international humanitarian law issues, rights and duties of refugees recognized by Cameroon law were discussed.


Cameroon: Cameroun : Weekly Notes #64 - 31 Oct – 05 Nov 2016

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Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Country: Cameroon, Nigeria

Sécurité

La situation sécuritaire dans la région de l’Extrême-Nord a été relativement calme au cours de la semaine sous revue. Bien qu’aucun incident majeur n’ait été relevé, les mesures de sécurité édictées par les forces de défense demeurent en vigueur ; il est notamment recommandé prudence et vigilance en tout lieu.

Développements majeurs

La mission conjointe Banque Mondiale, Union Européenne, Agences du Système des Nations Unies et Ministère de l’Economie, de la Planification et de l’Aménagement du Territoire (MINEPAT) dénommée Recovery Peace Building Assessment a séjourné dans la région de l’Extrême-Nord du 01 au 03 Novembre à l’initiative du gouvernement camerounais. Cette mission qui a pour but d’évaluer le relèvement et la consolidation de la paix s’est enquis des avis et des suggestions des groupes de jeunes, des femmes, des hommes et des personnes âgées dans le camp de Minawao en vue de proposer et de mettre en œuvre des solutions durables.

Le projet "Youth Initiative Fund" lancé en juin 2016 dans les sites de Borgop et de Ngam dans l’Adamoua s’est achevé le 1 novembre. Il avait pour but de lutter contre l’oisiveté des jeunes et les violences basées sur le genre, en sensibilisant les communautés des réfugiés sur la scolarisation, les méfaits de la consommation des stupéfiants et des grossesses indésirées. Un total de 40 pairs éducateurs (16 filles et 24 garçons) dont 10 Camerounais et 30 Centrafricains sans activité et âgés de 17 à 25 ans ont bénéficié d’une formation en cordonnerie, en couture et en broderie. Du matériel leur a été remis pour la pérennisation de leurs activés.

La Représentante de l’UNICEF au Cameroun a effectué une visite dans le site de Gado le 01 Novembre. Accompagnée de Mme le Député du Lom et Djerem, sa visite avait pour but de préparer un plaidoyer en faveur de l’éducation des enfants réfugiés et communautés hôtes dans les régions de l’Est et de l’Adamaoua. Ses entretiens avec les enseignants et les élèves, puis avec les leaders de la communauté des refugiés, lui ont permis d’apprécier les contraintes et défis majeurs qui limitent la qualité de l’offre d’éducation des enfants réfugiés

Nigeria: Nigeria - Regional Refugee Response Plan: Update June-October 2016

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Source: International Organization for Migration
Country: Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria

Regional Overview

As of end October, 178,000 Nigerian refugees fleeing the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria’s north-east were hosted in Cameroon, Chad and Niger. Cameroon’s Far North Department continued to suffer regular incursions, and since June, the Diffa region in Niger remains the target of attacks and infiltrations. With the end of the rainy season in October, the region at large was reminded of the challenges that lie ahead. New attacks in Nigeria’s north-east have once again hindered humanitarian access to newly liberated areas and risk causing additional displacements within the sub-region. Despite Boko Haram’s dispersal, a new cycle of violence and societal degradation threatens to affect the Lake Chad Basin area and undo the progress achieved to date if governmental and humanitarian actors are not able to continue addressing the needs of the millions of people who lack food, clean water, medical supplies and appropriate shelter.

Some 159,236 Nigerian nationals, including refugees, had returned from Cameroon, Chad and Niger as of 31 October to Nigeria. However, a return intention survey carried out in Cameroon’s Minawao camp by UNHCR and its partners in September revealed a worrying trend, reflective of the unstable conditions in Nigeria. Not only were favourable intentions five per cent lower than in April when the first survey was conducted, but a higher number of respondents set military presence and patrols in their areas of origin as a condition for return. Furthermore, there was a 33 per cent increase in the number of refugees aged under 18 who were unfavourable to return, which could be explained by the perceived lack of opportunities back home. In Chad interventions in the livelihoods sector enabled an increasing number of households to supplement their basic needs and send their children to school. Despite the existing gaps, interventions such as these positively impact displaced and host populations and are crucial for building peaceful coexistence and contributing to the Lake Region’s economic rehabilitation. In Niger, where a great number of refugees, returnees and IDPs lack proper documentation, the Government successfully carried out the identification of beneficiaries living outside the camps. This will serve to improve the quality of the humanitarian response and constitutes a solid basis for the planned registration exercise, which is currently in its preparatory phase.

Thanks to a nine per cent increase in the level of funding for the RRRP since the 2016 mid-year report, encouraging progress was made at the regional level against priority targets. Among these achievements were those made by humanitarian actors intervening in the protection and shelter & NFIs sector. As of 31 October, 100 per cent of SGBV reported survivors had received support, and assistance for unaccompanied minors had increased by 16 per cent. Furthermore, 100 per cent of households had been provided with adequate dwellings and targets for NFI provision had been surpassed by 79 per cent. Despite this progress, considerable gaps exist and the RRRP for Nigeria remained heavily underfunded at just 33 per cent as of 20 October.

Mauritania: Refugees and 'host communities' facing gender-based violence: developing an area-based approach to gender-based violence around Mbera Camp, Mauritania

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Source: Oxfam
Country: Mali, Mauritania

The article analyses the impact of fragility and conflict on women’s and girls’ rights in eastern Mauritania, comparing the experience of Malian refugees living in Mbera Camp with the situation of women and girls outside the camp. Both experience extreme insecurity in everyday life: in addition to the economic need they endure alongside men and boys, women and girls have gender-specific protection needs. Gender inequality causes and perpetuates insecurity and violence in contexts of food insecurity and social upheaval. The article focuses on gender-based violence. It is designed to contribute to debates on integrating a gender perspective into humanitarian and development programming in a coherent manner which meets the needs of both refugee and non-refugee ‘host’ communities in an area, to work more strategically and build sustainable and peaceful solutions.

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Niger: Niger - Région de Diffa - Département de Diffa - Commune de Gueskerou - Aménagement du site spontané de NGadoua: Distance Abris - Points d'eau (août 2016)

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Source: WASH Cluster, REACH Initiative
Country: Niger

Nigeria: Nigeria Regional Refugee Response Plan Update: June - October 2016

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Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Country: Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria

REGIONAL OVERVIEW

As of end October, 178,000 Nigerian refugees eeing the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria’s north-east were hosted in Cameroon, Chad and Niger. Cameroon’s Far North Department continued to suffer regular incursions, and since June, the Diffa region in Niger remains the target of attacks and in ltrations. With the end of the rainy season in October, the region at large was reminded of the challenges that lie ahead. New attacks in Nigeria’s north-east have once again hindered humanitarian access to newly liberated areas and risk causing additional displacements within the sub-region. Despite Boko Haram’s dispersal, a new cycle of violence and societal degradation threatens to affect the Lake Chad Basin area and undo the progress achieved to date if governmental and humanitarian actors are not able to continue addressing the needs of the millions of people who lack food, clean water, medical supplies and appropriate shelter.

Some 159,236 Nigerian nationals, including refugees, had returned from Cameroon, Chad and Niger as of 31 October to Nigeria. However, a return intention survey carried out in Cameroon’s Minawao camp by UNHCR and its partners in September revealed a worrying trend, re ective of the unstable conditions in Nigeria. Not only were favourable intentions ve per cent lower than in April when the rst survey was conducted, but a higher number of respondents set military presence and patrols in their areas of origin as a condition for return. Furthermore, there was a 33 per cent increase in the number of refugees aged under 18 who were unfavourable to return, which could be explained by the perceived lack of opportunities back home. In Chad interventions in the livelihoods sector enabled an increasing number of households to supplement their basic needs and send their children to school. Despite the existing gaps, interventions such as these positively impact displaced and host populations and are crucial for building peaceful coexistence and contributing to the Lake Region’s economic rehabilitation. In Niger, where a great number of refugees, returnees and IDPs lack proper documentation, the Government successfully carried out the identi cation of bene ciaries living outside the camps. This will serve to improve the quality of the humanitarian response and constitutes a solid basis for the planned registration exercise, which is currently in its preparatory phase.

Thanks to a nine per cent increase in the level of funding for the RRRP since the 2016 mid-year report, encouraging progress was made at the regional level against priority targets. Among these achievements were those made by humanitarian actors intervening in the protection and shelter & NFIs sector. As of 31 October, 100 per cent of SGBV reported survivors had received support, and assistance for unaccompanied minors had increased by 16 per cent. Furthermore, 100 per cent of households had been provided with adequate dwellings and targets for NFI provision had been surpassed by 79 per cent. Despite this progress, considerable gaps exist and the RRRP for Nigeria remained heavily underfunded at just 33 per cent as of 20 October.

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