Lake Chad Basin: Crisis Overview
(as of 04 May 2017)
Displacement trend
Population movement and violent incidents in the most affected areas
Background
Around 17 million people live in the affected
areas across the four Lake Chad basin
countries. The number of displaced people has
tripled over the last two years. Most of the
displaced families are sheltered by communities
that count among the world’s poorest and most
vulnerable. Food insecurity and malnutrition
have reached critical levels.
Latest incidents1
NIGER
Total displacements including IDPs, refugees
and returnees (in million)
Refugees2
Diffa
106.2k
NIGER
Diffa
Lac
Borno
Yobe
Gujba
Recent developments
Dolori Gwoza Abari
Limani
Sambisa
Mora
Hambagda
Maroua
NIGERIA
Boko Haram attacks and military operations
against the group continue to cause
displacements and restrict humanitarian
access in parts of the Lake Chad Basin. In
Niger’s south-east, access to areas around
Chetimari and Gueskerou localities has become
more complicated. Military operations along the
border with Nigeria have forced some 300
Nigerians to flee for safety across the border to
Dewa and El Hadj Mainari villages in Niger. Recent
population movement in the conflict-hit states in
north-eastern Nigeria is mainly due to military
offensives, inter-community clashes and the search
for livelihood opportunities. Insecurity also remains
high in Cameroon’s Far North region. In the first
two weeks of April, Boko Haram fighters launched
several attacks in various localities, striking a
military base and attacking civilians. Meanwhile,
Chad, Niger and Nigeria conducted polio
vaccination drives in March and April. The
campaigns were part of a synchronized
operation in 13 African countries targeting
more than 116 million children under five in an
attempt at definitively eradicating polio in the
1%
4%
3%
4%
continent. New polio cases erupted last year in
Nigeria’s Borno state. The risk of contagion in the
region is high due to population movements and
low immunization coverage of children.
CHAD
2,5
2,0
Yobe
Mafa
Maiduguri
Mainari
3,0
Lac
7.8k
Borno
NIGERIA
1,5
Far-North
94.3k
Far-North
Apr
2017
CHAD
Incidents trend1
Total of violent incidents and deaths reported
since April 2016
Adamawa
Adamawa
Apr
2016
Incidents
CAMEROON
CAMEROON
0,4k 10 15 35 70k
Incidents
Diffa
Internally Displaced Persons3
Diffa
121.0k
NIGER
Yobe
115.9k
Accessible territories5
NIGER
Lac
103.6k
Borno
1.43M
Diffa
40
400
30
300
20
200
10
100
Lac
0
Apr 0
2017
Apr
2016
2017 funding status
Yobe
(in million US$)
NIGERIA
CHAD
Borno
NIGERIA
Nigeria
CHAD
214.4
840.0
Far-North
Far-North
203.9k
Cameroon 19.5
Adamawa
Adamawa
142.2k
171.9
Niger 19.4 120.2
Not accessible
Main axes and towns
accessible with
restrictions
CAMEROON
5k 25 50 150 695k
Deaths
Chad 3.1 118.1
CAMEROON
Funded
Unmet
Accessible
17M
people living in affected areas
CHD
518k
CMR
4M
2.4M
a
NER
704k
NGA
12M
people displaced
(IDPs, refugees and returnees)
CHD
126k
CMR
298k
NER
243k
NGA
1.69M
515,000
10.7M
4
children suffering from severe
acute malnutrition
people in need
CHD
345k
CMR
1.6M
NER
340k
NGA
8.5M
CHD
22k
CMR
31k
NER
12k
NGA
450k
6.6M
food insecure people at crisis
and emergency levels
CHD6
160k
CMR
1.5M
NER
340k
NGA6
4.7M
US$1.5B
requirements for 2017
121 191 140
1.05B
CHD CMR NER
NGA
Sources: (1) ACLED database as of 29 April 2017. (2) UNHCR and Government. (3) CMR DTM Round 7, Nigeria DTM Round 15, Chad CCCM/SHELTER/ANE, ORS (http://ors.ocharowca.info), does not include flood-related IDPs in Nigeria and Cameroon. (4) This figure does not include estimated returnees in Nigeria and Cameroon. (5) IOM, OCHA Nigeria.
(6) CH: current situation (Mar-May 2017).
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Disclaimer: (a) The information in the snapshot applies to areas most affected by Boko Haram-related violence - Cameroon (Far-North), Chad (Lac), Niger (Diffa) and Nigeria (Adamawa, Borno and Yobe).
The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on these maps do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.