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: Humanitarian Snapshot (as of 31 August 2015)

Since 2013, CAR has been suffering a devastating humanitarian crisis forcing more than 1 million people to KEY FIGURES flee their homes. More than half of the population – 2,7 million people – are in need of aid. 20% are displaced MORE within or outside the country. About 378,000 people are still internally displaced (IDPs) including over 27,000 0.46 THAN 54% of the CAR in still living in 30 makeshift camps and other sites. The crisis has forced around 220,000 people to million refugees reside in flee to Cameroon, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo since December 2013, Cameroon. bringing the number of Central African refugees in neighboring countries to about 464,000 people. 39% of the IDPs are ONLY living in the sites in 0.38 Bangui and outside. million The remaining IDPs CHAD SUDAN are residing both host families and bush

OR 32% of the total 84,228 1.2 population of the refugees million CAR are food insecure (IPC, Apr 2015) Ndélé SOUTH-SUDAN CURRENT HUMANITARIAN SITUATION The humanitarian situation in CAR is extremely dire and 253,042 almost two third of the country, or more than 2.7 million refugees Kaga-Bandoro people, out of a population of 4.6 million, require humanitarian Mbrès assistance including shelter, food, basic healthcare, education Nana-Bakassa Bria for children and protection. Many parts of the country remain highly volatile due to criminality and conflicts between rival Dékoa armed groups that continue hindering the work of relief organi- zations. An upsurge of violent attacks in Bambari, where inter-commu- CAMEROON Yaloké nity violence persists, has displaced around 10,000 people Kouango and killed at least 10 people on 20 August. One staff from the Red Cross Movement in the exercise of their mandate was Amada-GazaCarnot also injured during the attacks. While the situation was still tense, humanitarian partners have been able to move around Berbérati and undertake needs assessments to provide adequate Bangui Mbaïki LEGEND response. IDPs in sites Meanwhile a number of security incidents in and around Bria Nola (Haute Kotto Province) have led to grave inter community 97,195 Transhumance tensions. Casualties’ figures include four people killed and refugees 30,000 - 35,000 area many injured. Following the violence a number of IDPs 29,884 Food insecurity severity gathered around MINUSCA sites seeking refuge. refugees 6,000 - 14,000 + OCHA led the Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) workshop early this month. The HNO document should be CONGO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC available by the end of September. After it is endorsed by the 1,001 - 3,000 Humanitarian Country Team (HCT), humanitarian response OF THE CONGO _ planning for 2016 will begin with the aimof being completed by 1 - 1,001 the end of year. Under OCHA leadership, an inter-agency IPC= Integrated Food Security Phase contingency plan is being developed in order to be able to Hotspot address the worst case scenario related to the elections due Classification before the end of the year. The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Final boundary between the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan has not yet been determined. Update date: 18 Sept. 2015 Sources: FAO, POC MINUSCA, OCHA, CMP, UNHCR Feedback: [email protected], [email protected] www.car.humanitarianresponse.info www.unocha.org/car www.reliefweb.int