NIGER Humanitarian Situation
j NIGER Humanitarian Situation Report No. 06 UNICEFNiger/J.Haro @ Reporting Period: 01 to 30 June 2020 Highlights Situation in Numbers • Gunmen suspected to be militants of non-state armed groups (NSAGs) regularly 1.6 million carried out asymmetric attacks against military outposts and patrols in Tillaberi children in need of humanitarian assistance and Diffa regions. On June 24th, dozens of civilians were abducted in Diffa and 2.9 million Tillaberi regions, including 12 staffs from a United Nations implementing people in need (OCHA, Humanitarian partner, in Bossey-Bangou (Tillaberi). Response Plan Niger, 2020) • 24 children between 12 and 15 years old (11 girls) were kidnapped by non-state 396,539 armed group members in Toumour and Gueskerou communes. The incidents children affected by SAM nationwide happened during night attacks. Compared to last month, children abduction has (OCHA, Humanitarian Response Plan Niger, increased in the month of June with a total of 24 children abducted by NSAGs. 2020) • In June 2020, the Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) recorded 6 alerts on 54,148 displacement of people following non-state army groups attacks. Rapid Internally displaced children in assessments (9 multi-sector assessments, 8 rapid protection assessments and 1 Tillaberi / Tahoua, out of flash assessment) were conducted in the Diffa, Tahoua, Tillaberi and Maradi 95,033 regions. RRM actors also provided NFI assistance to approximately 280 displaced Internally displaced people in households for 1,955 beneficiaries. Tillaberi / Tahoua (UNHCR, Feb 2020) • Instability in the region, leading to humanitarian access challenges, as well as the 24,120 insufficiency of funding to support child protection in emergency activities, remain key issues in Diffa region.
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