Reports

SC/13454 SECURITY COUNCIL 8328TH MEETING (AM) The Security Council, noting the Secretary-General’s recommendation that the mandate of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) be extended for another three years from 1 September, requested today that he…

BOL, Chad – Halima Yakoy Adam was once a human bomb. When she was only 15, her husband brought her to an island near border of Nigeria. They were going on a fishing trip, he said. Instead, he…

REGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS New displacements on the rise as conflict persists Several new attacks in Nigeria and Cameroon First joint mission in 2018 conducted in Bosso Modalities agreed to ease return of Nigerian refugees in Cameroon Food insecurity remains high, expected to…

PEOPLE LIVING IN MOST AFFECTED AREAS 17.4 M PEOPLE IN NEED 10.7 M REFUGEES 206,033 The Lake Chad Basin Crisis remains one of the largest humanitarian emergencies in the world and continues to affect the North-East of Nigeria, the Far North Region…

Yaoundé, 6 July 2018 – In April, I was given the wonderful opportunity to visit the refugee camps where the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) works in the Ketté region of eastern Cameroon. It was a trip…

by Hilary Matfess Though Boko Haram’s lethality and tactical innovation, al-Shabaab’s resilience, and the brokering of partnerships by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) have rightfully dominated analysis of political violence in Africa, other situations are also…

CORE UNHCR INTERVENTIONS IN NIGERIA UNHCR Nigeria’s interventions cover refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and issues of stateless people. During the reporting period, UNHCR and partners reached more than thirty-four thousand individuals in Nigeria with…

CERF announces new findings in latest Results Report Claudia Hargarten June 26, 2018 A new Results Report takes stock of how a US$439 million humanitarian investment from more than 50 donors delivered life-saving assistance to over 22…

Key figures 21,291 Cameroonian refugees are registered in Nigeria as of 31st May 2018 Cross River (17,003) Benue (3,525) Akwa Ibom (179) Taraba (584) 524 refugees relocated to Anyake settlement, Benue state 11,757 refugees reached with three-time food and…

The United States announces more than $112 million in additional humanitarian assistance to help people in Nigeria and surrounding countries in the Lake Chad region affected by the ongoing crisis. Nearly a decade of conflict perpetuated by…