Highlights
According to security sources, some 60 Chadian civilians displaced in Baga- Sola were reportedly abducted by armed men on 2 March in the Nigerian border area, as they were trying to return to their native islands to fish. Two civilians were killed in an armed attack on 7 March on Bikaram island.
Following reports of two confirmed cases of measles in Kangalom (Bol health district) including one death, and many other suspected cases reported in Kouloudia health district, vaccination campaigns were organized for 446 children aged 9 months to 4 years.
Rapid assessments by the Shelter/NFI/CCCM Cluster carried out in March revealed the presence of 16,835 newly estimated displaced people at Kousseri Tchoukoutalia site (N'Gouboua sub-prefecture), 5,850 at Diamarom site (Liwa sub-prefecture), and 10,510 at Bibi-Barrage and Dar-Al- Amné sites (Kangalom sub-prefecture).
The multisector response for displaced people in the northern area of the Lac region is ongoing and confirmed a 50% decrease in the number of displaced persons living in the area compared with initial estimates of the multisector evaluation mission carried out from 14-19 January in Liwa and Daboua districts.
According to the screening exercise conducted by WFP, malnutrition rates are at alarming levels in eight IDP sites of Liwa and Daboua sub-prefectures, with 437 children (18.9%) suffering from global acute malnutrition, including 229 children (6,5%) from severe acute malnutrition.
Food assistance has increased in the northern area of the Lake region (Liwa and Daboua), with general food distributions targeting 31,730 displaced people between 10 February and 20 March in 19 out of 22 displaced sites. These distributions were coupled with blanket feeding for 3,306 children aged 6 to 23 months.
58,195 Displaced people registered since May 2015.
Including : - 47,370 internally displaced people - 605 third-country nationals - 10,220 Chadian returnees Source: Shelter/NFI/CCCM Cluster - IOM (Displacement Tracking Matrix 21/03/2016)
56,080 Estimated displaced people*, not yet registered, in Liwa, Daboua, Kangalom and Tchoukoutalia subprefecture
Source: Shelter/NFI/CCCM Cluster - IOM; WFP, and local authorities during a 14-19 January multisector assessment mission.
6,220 Refugees, including 4,603 residing in Dar-es-Salam camp arrived since 2015.
Background
Insecurity continues to prevail in the Lac region, where the state of emergency ended on 22 March 2016. Several incidents have been reported in the recent weeks. On 7 March, an armed attack on Bikaram island killed two civilians and wounded three. On 2 March, some 60 civilians were reportedly abducted by armed groups who crossed the Nigerian border, according to security sources. They were probably internally displaced Chadians living in Baga - Sola who attempted to return to their native islands to fish, despite the official ban and several other attempts to return recently stopped by local authorities (50 youth arrested in Fourkouloum on10 February). The same day, some 200 cattle were stolen on the Chad/Niger border – the livestock was subsequently been found in Kalam (Niger) and returned to its owners by the Multinational National Joint Task-Force (MNJTF).
Despite the security context, the delivery of humanitarian assistance continues as well as registration and profiling operations. Rapid assessments by the Shelter/NFI/CCCM Cluster identified the presence of 16,835 displaced people on Kousseri Tchoukoutalia site (20 March, N’Gouboua sub-prefecture) and 5,850 displaced people on Diamarom site (12 March, Liwa sub-prefecture). Previously, between 1-8 March, a mission by the regional Shelter/NFI/CCCM Cluster (HCR-IOM) was conducted in Kangalom sub-prefecture, and identified the presence of 10,673 other displaced people (through rapid assessments on Bibi Barrage and Dar-Al-Amné sites). The mission also confirmed the presence of 1,963 displaced people (through verification operations). The 1,800 displaced persons of Bibi Barrage reportedly arrived in 2015, mostly from Tetewa and Nguiria, whereas the 8,710 displaced people in Dar-Al-Amné came from Doubaba and Fargumi localities.
Furthermore, an investigation mission lead by the Bol Regional Health Delegation (through the epidemiological surveillance antenna), and the World Health Organization (WHO), visited Kangalom (Bol health district) in early February, after the confirmation of two cases of measles, and the notification of a further four cases in Kouloudia District. Vaccinations were carried out on 13 February for 302 children aged 9 months to 4 years in Kangalom. Another vaccination campaign reached 144 children in Wole (Kouloudia District), where the first case was identified.