Rapports

Reporting Period: 1 - 13 May 2020 After 78 days following confirmation of the first case of COVID-19 in Nigeria on 27 February 2020, the West and Central Africa region has witnessed a dramatic increase in confirmed…

Dakar, 14 May – United Nations aid agencies and Non-Governmental organizations warned today that a rapid deterioration of the Sahel crisis is driving humanitarian needs across the region to unprecedented levels – much of it resulting from escalating…

Dear friend, Two months after the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Nigeria, Plan International in the West and Central Africa (WACA) region and our partners have been busy responding to the impacts of the crisis on…

Executive Summary The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has had a devastating impact globally. Governments across East, Central and Southern Africa (ECSA) are imposing lockdowns and other restrictions, which although critical in slowing the spread of the disease, can…

UN issues $6.7 billion appeal to protect millions of lives and stem the spread of coronavirus in fragile countries The UN’s Humanitarian Chief, Mark Lowcock, has called for swift and determined action to avoid the most destabilizing…

KEY DEVELOPMENTS In response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the U.S. Department of State (DoS) and USAID continue to announce emergency funding to assist the world’s most vulnerable countries in fighting the outbreak. On April 22,…

GERMANY OPENS UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION TRIALS FOR SYRIA AND IRAQ ATROCITIES On 23 April a court in Koblenz, Germany opened a trial under the principle of universal jurisdiction for two former Syrian government intelligence officials charged with perpetrating…

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for greater protection for people caught up in violence resulting from an upsurge in military action against armed groups in West Africa's Sahel and Lake Chad regions. Thousands of people…

The West and Central Africa region has seen close to a 40 percent increase in new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the past two weeks with a total of 6,921 contaminations as of 20 April compared with…

SITUATION OVERVIEW North-West South-West Region (English-speaking regions in Cameroon) is characterized by a conflict between non-state armed groups operating and regulare Comeroon army, with consequences of numerous displacements of populations. The crisis in Central Africa Republic which caused…