CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
5 KILLED, 10 INJURED AS REBELS ATTACK IDP SITE
On 1 October, armed rebel groups attacked an IDP camp in Bambari, killing 5 and injuring 10 persons, according to media sources. The NGO Mercy Corps was also pillaged during the attack. Senior Humanitarian Coordinator for CAR, Clare Bourgeois, issued a statement condemning the violence against civilians and aid workers.
CAMEROON
8 KILLED IN ROCKET ATTACK FROM NIGERIA
On 6 October, eight people were killed in Cameroon after Nigerian insurgency group, Boko Haram, reportedly launched a rocket attack from the northeast Nigerian town of Banki into Amchide town in northern Cameroon. MALI
10 UN PEACEKEEPERS KILLED IN GAO AND KIDAL
On 3 October, nine UN Peacekeepers were killed in an ambush in the northern region of Gao. This is the single deadliest attack on UN troops in Mali since the mission was deployed in July 2013. On 7 October, at least one UN Peacekeeper was killed in an attack on a UN compound.
NIGERIA
9 MILLION AFFECTED IN NORTHEAST, 3 MILLION NEED ASSISTANCE The Nigerian National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) reports that some nine million people in the Northeast have been affected by the region’s growing conflict— with some three million persons in dire need of humanitarian assistance. NEMA also reports that 500 educational institutions and 3,000 health facilities in the region are closed or have been partially destroyed by the insurgency.
TOWNS RE-CAPTURED
Media reports indicate that the Nigerian military has re-captured three towns in Adamawa from insurgent group, Boko Haram. An estimated 500,000 people fled these towns following attacks by the group, who has controlled the area for the past three months. OXFAM and IRC to continue activities in Madagali and Michika.
REGIONAL : EBOLA
23 PER CENT INCREASE IN EVD CASES
WHO reports this week that there are currently 8,033 EVD cases (suspected, probable and confirmed) resulting in 3,879 deaths—a 23 per cent increase in caseload since last week. The first case of transmission outside of West Africa was reported on 6 October of a health worker in Madrid, Spain who treated patients from West Africa. A first case of EVD was also reported in Beyla in Guinea, on the border of Ivory Coast.
UNMEER DEPLOYS TO EVD AFFECTED COUNTRIES
The head of UNMEER, SRSG Anthony Banbury, is in the region this week, visiting headquarters in Ghana and meeting with key actors in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
THE GAMBIA
200,000 GAMBIANS IN NEED OF EMERGENCY FOOD AID
Poor rains this year have worsened conditions for 1.8 million food insecure Gambians, 200,000 of who are in need of urgent food insecurity. Regional Humanitarian Coordinator, Robert Piper, has called for $USD18 million to support humanitarian efforts, only 21 per cent has been funded this year.
