Lake Basin: Crisis Overview (as of 26 March 2018)

Background Population movement andDiffa violent incidents in the most affected areas Displacement trend Total IDPs and refugees since March 2017 The Lake Chad Basin humanitarian emergency Internally Displaced Persons1 Refugees2 is among the most severe in the world. The IDPs Refugees protracted conflict has uprooted around 2.3 Diffa Diffa million people, stoked high levels of hunger and Lac 129.0k NIGER 108.5k in million in thousand 8.3k malnutrition, and subjected millions of civilians to 101.9k 2,5 250 extreme hardship. Insecurity is hampering the resumption of normal life, leaving conflict-affected Borno 2,0 1.36M Yobe 200 families dependent on humanitarian assistance for Yobe Borno survival. 105.3k 1,5

1,0 150 Recent developments CHAD NIGERIA CHAD Mar Mar Far-North Far-North 2017 2018 The recent months have been marked by major 221.7k 88.7k incidents of insecurity that have claimed lives and disrupted humanitarian operations. On 1 March, Incidents trend3 Adamawa Adamawa armed attackers raided Rann town in Nigeria’s 147.7k Total of violent incidents and deaths reported north-east, killing three aid workers and since March 2017 abducting three others. Humanitarian workers have been temporarily relocated from the town. CAMEROON Incidents Deaths Two weeks earlier, heavily armed men stormed a 5k 25 50 150 300k 0,4k 10 15 35 75k school in Dapchi, also in north-east Nigeria, and 40 400 k , most of whom idnapped over 100 school girls 3 Accessible territories5 have reportedly been freed. Attacks are recurrent Latest incidents 30 300 and insecurity is prevalent. In January alone, NIGER 20 200 Cameroon’s Far North region suffered more than NIGER Diffa Diffa Lac 30 armed attacks. Also in January, some 8,000 10 100 people were uprooted in the region’s Mayo Lac 0 Mar Mar 0 Tsanaga department by the attacks and military Borno Hile Alifa 2017 2018 operations. During a visit to Cameroon and Chad, Mafa Yobe Yobe Dikwa Rann 8 UN Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator, Ursula Konduga Education: Number of closed schools Mueller, called on the international community Dikwa Borno Maiduguri and Governments to support humanitarian Buni Yadi NIGERIA CHAD Total closed schools 928 NIGERIA CHAD actors in increasing their operations. Funding Miltu Kaya Far-North Nigeria 802 shortfalls, alongside impediments to access, are Far-North major obstacles to providing adequate relief assistance. This year, USS$1.6 billion are needed Cameroon 93 1% 4% 3% 4% Adamawa to assist 7.8 million conflict-affected people. Last Adamawa Not accessible year, the $1.5 billion budget received 62 per cent of Niger 28 the funds. Main axes and towns CAMEROON CAMEROON accessible with restrictions Chad 5 Incidents Accessible 17.4Ma 10.7M 2.3M 4 488,0006 5.8M 7 US$1.58B people living in affected areas people in need people displaced children suffering from severe food insecure people at crisis requirements for 2018 (IDPs, refugees and returnees) acute malnutrition and emergency levels 179 189 162 1.05B CHD CMR NER NGA CHD CMR NER NGA CHD CMR NER NGA CHD CMR NER NGA CHD CMR NER NGA 518k 4M 704k 12M 500k 2.1M 419k 7.7M 135k 314k 252k 1.6M 9k 24k 16k 439k 187k 1.5M 408k 3.7M CHD CMR NER NGA Sources: (1) CMR DTM Round 11, Nigeria DTM Round 20, does not include flood-related IDPs in Nigeria and Cameroon. (2) UNHCR and Government. (3) ACLED database as of 17 March 2018. (4) Returnees refers to Cameroonian, Chadian and Nigerien nationals who have fled from Nigeria and are now displaced in their home countries. (5) Nigeria DTM Round 20 - Inaccessible areas to humanitarian partners due to security measures. (6) HNO 2018, UNICEF (7) Cadre Harmonise Nov. 2017, projected situation Jun-Aug 2018 (Chad, Niger, Nigeria), CSFVA 2017 (Cameroon), HNO 2018 (Niger). (8) UNICEF as of February 2018. Feedback: [email protected], [email protected] Website: wca.humanitarianresponse.info http://reliefweb.int/topics/lake-chad-basin-crisiscrise-du-bassin-du-lac-tchad - Twitter: @OCHAROWCA. 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.