CAMEROON
7,000 NEW ARRIVALS FROM CAR
The influx of refugees from CAR continues with some 7,000 arrivals since the previous week. The number of entry points increased following violence near the former main crossings at Garoua Boulai and Kenzou. Many refugees arrive exhausted and with injuries. In 2014, Cameroon has received almost 70,000 CAR refugees.
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (CAR)
SECURITY COUNCIL APPROVES PEACEKEEPING MISSION
On 10 April, the UN Security Council authorised the establishment of a 12,000-strong UN peacekeeping operation with an initial mandate until 30 April 2015.
MUSLIMS LEAVE BOSSANGOA
The remaining 540 Muslims in the northern town of Bossangoa, home to 10,000 Muslims before the crisis, were escorted to southern Chad by withdrawing Chadian MISCA forces.
IDP FIGURES ON HIGH LEVEL
Despite looming rains, IDP figures are stabilizing around 630,000, including more than 200,000 in Bangui.
CHAD
NOW 95,000 EVACUEES FROM CAR
Since the end of December 2013, 95,000 people fleeing the violence from CAR were registered upon their arrival in Chad. Only one third of them have continued their journey, the others remain in transit centers.
GUINEA, LIBERIA
LESS NEW CASES IN EBOLA OUTBREAK
The Ebola outbreak is ongoing, with 12 new suspected cases this week in Guinea. The total number of suspected cases now stands at 163, including 108 deaths. Liberia reports five confirmed and 21 suspected cases, including 10 deaths. In Mali, results for four suspected cases are pending.
MALI
WORSENING FOOD INSECURITY
The number of people in need of food assistance has increased to around 1.5 million, from 900,000 in December 2013. An additional 400,000 people risk facing severe food-insecurity in the lean season, starting in June.
NIGERIA
BOMB BLAST IN ABUJA
A bomb exploded at a densely populated commuter bus park in Abuja, on 14 April. First reports by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) indicate that at least 71 people died.
ALMOST 100 KILLED IN ATTACK IN BORNO Armed groups reportedly invaded three villages in different Local Government Areas in Borno State, on 12 and 13 April, killing 98 people and setting ablaze houses and shops.
CAMPS FOR IDPS IN MIDDLE BELT NEMA has established nine camps for approximately 100,000 IDPs affected by inter-communal conflict between herdsmen and farmers in the middle belt of Nigeria. With daily arrivals, the camps are reportedly getting overcrowded.
