Informes

SC/12679 12 JANUARY 2017 SECURITY COUNCIL 7861ST MEETING (PM) Despite the gains made against Boko Haram by countries in the Lake Chad Basin region, the extremist group remained a threat, carrying out asymmetric attacks against civilians, senior United Nations officials…

As delivered. Mr. President, Thank you for the opportunity to brief the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in the Lake Chad Basin. The humanitarian crisis across North-East Nigeria and parts of Cameroon, Chad and Niger, triggered by the…

MAROUA/BATOURI, Cameroon – “My father forced me into marriage at the age of 14 – to a man I barely even knew,” Aminatou Bello, now 16, told UNFPA in Maroua, in the extreme north of Cameroon.…

Introduction This Social Cohesion Analysis examines the situation in Cameroon in relation to refugees from Central African Republic, focusing in particular on the situation in the East along the CAR border. The analysis is based on USAID’s…

Highlights: · November saw a deterioration of the security context in the Far North, as the dry season brought an increase in improvised explosive devices (IED) and attacks along the main axes, rendering many areas hard to…

Highlights WFP plans to assist 80,000 children in the Boko Haram affected areas of the Far North region by introducing an emergency school meals programme in January 2017. The programme will aim to encourage school enrolment, especially for…

Sécurité La situation sécuritaire dans la région de l’Extrême-Nord a été marquée, dans la nuit du 1er au 02 Décembre, par une attaque des combattants de Boko Haram repoussée par la Force Mixte Multinationale(FMM) dans le village…

Regional Overview INTRODUCTION 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…

Highlights There are a growing number of refugees (approximately 26,000) in the Far North Region who have not been registered and who reside within communities. These refugees are unable to receive assistance, and are increasing the burden…

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…