Reports

Executive Summary Vigilante groups in Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger and Chad play a major role in the fight against Boko Haram, but their presence raises concerns. They make military operations less blunt and more effective and have reconnected…

Aid agencies today warned that lives are at risk unless there is a substantial increase in funds to help over seven million people facing hunger in Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon. The warning from Oxfam and the…

Highlights • Even though security remains a challenge, access continues to open up into more remote areas of the Far North region. Through its partners, UNICEF was able to reach displaced children on the border with Nigeria,…

HIGHLIGHTS IDP caseload in Nigeria’s Borno State increases by 135,290 people between December 2016 and January 2017 Recent report highlights that populations in northeastern Nigeria continue to face severe protection risks Humanitarian support likely preventing deterioration in food security…

A violent eight-year conflict originating in Nigeria has intensified in the last four years and spread across borders into Niger, Chad and Cameroon, resulting in Africa’s biggest humanitarian and protection crisis. Across the Lake Chad Basin, 17…

Regional Highlights On 17 January, a Nigerian military jet accidentally bombs an IDP site in Rann locality, Borno state, killing at least 112 civilians, including six Nigerian Red Cross workers, and wounding 100. The number of internally displaced…

Today more than 75 per cent of people affected by humanitarian crises are women and children. And adolescents aged 10-19 years constitute a significant proportion of the population in many conflict and post-conflict settings. In response to…

SITUATION ANALYSIS In 2016, the fight against Boko Haram insurgents intensified with the continued deployment of the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF). To support these efforts, local authorities in Chad’s Lake region, provided strong leadership in community…

REGIONAL OVERVIEW Throughout 2016, Boko Haram insurgents continued to commit grave human rights violations and carry out attacks against civilians including suicide bombings, widespread sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), kidnapping and forced recruitment, in north-eastern Nigeria and…

Sécurité La situation sécuritaire dans la région de l’Extrême-Nord demeure volatile et incertaine. Les exactions de la secte Boko Haram se manifestent en pose d’engins explosifs et attentats kamikazes. De fait, le 02 Janvier, une patrouille du…