: FAR-NORTH REGION Humanitarian situation overview in 2019 As of 31 December 2019

KEY INDICATORS FROM JANUARY TO DECEMBER 2019 trend compared with 2018 KEY FIGURES:

4,357 internally displaced persons 5.2% of malnourished children under of the national (IPDs) on average every month, 34,246 7,2% fleeing insecurity resulting from armed conflict. five years old did not benefit from care Km2 area

of the national 1,460 households lost assets 36% of people do not have access 4.6 millions Inhabitants 16% population and their shelters were destroyed to safe drinking water as a result of armed conflict and natural disaster. 297,380 of the regional Internally displaced 11% population 17,610 pupils deprived of primary 350 cases and 16 death s from cholera persons school notified in six of the 30 health districts. due to conflict and natural disaster. 116,979 of the regional Returnees 2,5% population 299 protection incidents reported 110 maternal deaths monthly per month against civilians, in 19 of the 30 health districts. most of them perpetrated by armed persons. 108,714 Refugees from Nigeria

32% of children under one year 49% of people live with less than have received a birth certificate. one meal a day 1.9 millions People In Need 540 Kms of inaccessible roads 2,920 Gender-based violence(GBV) during the rainy season. 882,000 cases reported Road status combined with insecurity is the main People Targeted including all six types of GBV. constraint to humanitarian access. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR 2019 • Arrival of 132 households (both IDPs • 6,000 IDPs hosted in main Recurrent cross-border attacks by • 125 humaniatarian actors and Incursion of large number of • Influx of 9,000 new IDPs in Moskota in and refugees) in Goumouldi (Mora district, site, received no more than 6 liters of non-state armed group against villages National security forces received combatants in Kolofata Districts. The the wake of new cross border attacks in Mayo-Sava). water per day. in Mayo-Tsanaga spark the forced academic CMCoord/IHL training in sharp increase of predatory attacks in Mayo-Moskota sub-division displacement of more than 5,000 Maroua and Kousséri. rural areas triggers another wave of (Mayo-TSanaga division). More than 19 • 9,000 asylum seekers fleeing violent • Local authorities of Logone-Et-Chari people in Tourou and Moskota where displacements within the Mayo-Sava civilians killed, 120 houses set ablaze attacks in Rann (Nigeria), who found deny assistance to up to 22,000 • Release of the report on the joint refuge in Goura (Logone-et-Chari) have no IDPs receive multi-sectoral assistance. division. and widespread lootings of goods, Nigerian refugees spred in the division. protection risks assessment in the option but to return. Far-North. livestock and food stock.

JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER •The departure of Cameroonian forces • On 6 April a complex attack hit • Local authorities of Logone-Et-Chari • Resumption of humanitarian activities • Extended heavy rains spark floods in •The Increasing use of Explosive from Rann on 27 January triggers Governement Forces in Choloba impose a ban on in-kind humanitarian in Logone-Et-Chari following high level Mayo-Danay and Logone-Et-Chari Improvised Devices (EID) during attacks massive cross border influx. 42,000 (Logone-Et-Chari) leaving 5 soldiers killed, assistance in the division. advocacy by the HC/RC. division. 60,000 people are affected of launched by non-state armed group in asylum seekers seek refuge in Goura. five wounded and the loss of heavy whom 14,000 received humanitarian both Mayo-Sava and Mayo-Tsanaga • A large offensive launched by • Heavy rains critically reduce military assets. assistance. division further hampers humanitarian • On 27 February, restriction of non-state armed groups on 9 June in humanitarian access in Logone-Et-Chari access. humanitarian assistance leads to the led to the displacement of 1,200 and Mayo-Sava divisions. • In Kolofata district, non-state armed return of 33, 075 asylum seekers back civilians who fled farther south in group violence hit towns never affected • More than half a million people to unsecure Rann. . thus far (Tolkomari/Kouyape). (516,000 IDPs) are forcibly displaced in the Far-North region.

Date of Creation : 15 January 2020 Source: s : OCHA, IOM (DTM December 2019), INS, MINEPAT, UNHCR, HNO 2019, Partners, MICS Feedback:: [email protected] www.reliefweb.int www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/cameroon Twitter: @ochacameroon