Lake Basin: Crisis Overview (as of 3 February 2017)

Background Population movement and violent incidents in the most affected areas Displacement trend Total displacements in the Lake Chad Basin, Around 17 million people live in the affected Latest incidents1 Refugees2 areas across the four Lake Chad basin including IDPs, refugees and returnees (in million) countries. The number of displaced people has Diffa Diffa 3,0 tripled over the last two years. Most of the NIGER 105.4k displaced families are sheltered by communities Geskerou 7.45k 2,5 that count among the world’s poorest and most Lac vulnerable. Food insecurity and malnutrition Borno 2,0 have reached critical levels. Rann Yobe Maiduguri Kousseri Borno Yobe 1,5 Izuwe Jan Jan Malabi Latan 2016 2017 Damboa Sowolwolo Recent developments Gwaramiri CHAD NIGERIA CHAD Askira Madagali Far-North There has been a significant increase of the Far-North 87.4k Incidents trend1 number of security incidents and attacks in Total of violent incidents and deaths reported in January, rendering many areas hard to reach. On Demsa Adamawa the Lake Chad Basin since December 2015 17 January, a Nigerian military jet accidentally Adamawa bombed an IDP site in Rann, Borno state, killing Karlahi Incidents Deaths more than 100 civilians. The site hosts more than 35,000 internally displaced people. UNHAS CAMEROON 0,4k 10 15 35 70k 40 400 helicopters were deployed to evacuate victims to Incidents Maiduguri and transport medical supplies and Diffa 30 300 doctors to Rann. 3 5 Internally Displaced Persons Accessible territories 20 200 In January, the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) allocated US$42 million to the 10 100 Diffa NIGER Diffa Lake Chad crisis, including US$22 million for NIGER Lac 121.3k Lac 0 Jan Jan 0 103.6k Nigeria, US$10 million for Cameroon and US$10 2016 2017 million for Niger. The European Commission Borno released US$43 million in additional humanitarian 1.37M 7 aid. On 24 February, a humanitarian conference Yobe Yobe Education: 2017 sector planning on Nigeria and the Lake Chad region will take 112.3k place in Oslo, hosted by the Government of Borno Requirements Norway in partnership with the Governments of NIGERIA CHAD NIGERIA CHAD 2.9M 56.3M NGA Germany and Nigeria. The conference aims to Far-North Far-North 1.6M raise political and material support for the 174.5k 198k CMR 11.8M humanitarian response in the Lake Chad Basin 156k region.1% The four4% country Humanitarian3% 4% Response Adamawa Adamawa 137k 9.3M Plans (HRPs) appeal for a total US$1.5 billion to 151.1k NER 137k Not accessible assist 8.2 million people. Main axes and towns 128k 6.6M CAMEROON CHD CAMEROON accessible with 92k 5k 25 50 150 695k restrictions Accessible In need Targeted 17M a 2.3M4 10.7M 515,000 7.1M US$1.5B people living in affected areas people displaced people in need children suffering from severe food insecure people at crisis requirements for 2017 (IDPs, refugees and returnees) acute malnutrition and emergency levels 121 191 139 1.05B CHD CMR NER NGA CHD CMR NER NGA CHD CMR NER NGA CHD CMR NER NGA CHD CMR NER NGA6 518k 4M 704k 12M 127k 262k 241k 1.63 345k 1.6M 340k 8.5M 22k 31k 12k 450k 136k 1.5M 340k 5.1M CHD CMR NER NGA

Sources: (1) ACLED database as of 28 Jan 2017. (2) UNHCR and Government. (3) Cameroon DTM Round 6, Nigeria DTM Round 13, 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: projected situation (June-Aug 2017). (7) HNO, HRP by countries and LCB HNRO Feedback: [email protected], [email protected] Website: wca.humanitarianresponse.info Twitter: @OCHAROWCA The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on these maps do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. 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).