As the year enters its final quarter, the humanitarian situation in the Lake Chad Basin remains concerning, despite concerted efforts from governmental and humanitarian bodies, as well as organizations focused on development, peace, and stabilization. Currently, close to 11.2 million people across Cameroon’s Far North region, Nigeria’s states of Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe, Niger’s Diffa region, and Chad’s Lac region urgently require humanitarian assistance and are targeted to be supported by humanitarian agencies. Between June and September, the number of internally displaced persons has gone down by 293,000 across the entire Lake Chad region, particularly in Chad (165,000) and Nigeria (128,000).
As of October, security incidents have multiplied, especially at the border between Nigeria and Cameroon, creating major access challenges in those areas. Despite these challenges, 275 humanitarian partners continue to deliver vital aid around the clock. Violence and conflict further aggravate the situation, which not only claims lives but also inflicts severe damage on essential services, such as schools, health centres and markets, public institutions and the overall socio-economic fabric of communities, with catastrophic consequences on people’s ability to earn a living, or to secure any sort of stable future for their families.
To date, 4.4 million people – 55 per cent of people targeted to receive assistance – have been reached with some form of life-saving aid. This achievement was possible even as the funding received, USD 1.1 billion represents only 36 per cent of the total estimated funding requirements (USD 2.9 million) to effectively implement the 2023 Humanitarian Response Plans.
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