Highlights
Despite increased security risk in the context of the presidential election on 10 April, no humanitarian consequences have been reported nationally or in the Lake region, on Election Day or after the announcement of provisional results on April 21.
The existing funds are exhausted as significant humanitarian needs persist in all sectors.
A rate of 6.12% of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) well above the emergency threshold of 2% was reported among 997 displaced children screened by WFP in April in eight displacement sites.
The humanitarian response continues with school feeding in 10 schools since early April and the reinforcement of activities of prevention and treatment of gender based violence (GBV) by UNFPA.
Background
Insecurity persists in the Lac region, with small arm and mortar shootings (from Nigeria) reported in various locations in recent weeks, just as the presence of men suspected of belonging to armed groups. However, these incidents had no civilian casualties nor had humanitarian impact. Despite the increased security risks around the presidential elections of 10 April and the announcement of provisional results on 21 April, no humanitarian consequence directly related to the electoral process has been reported.
According to the latest update of displacement figures made by the Shelter/AME/CCCM Cluster, the total number of displaced people in the Lac region reached 106,353: 50,129 registered IDPs, 39,715 estimated displaced people (undetermined status), 10,224 returnees, 6,220 refugees, and 605 third-country nationals. Several new displaced people sites have recently been reported by the authorities and some partners. They are Loudia, Lgui and Lom (on Liwa axis), Yare and Gouarama (north of Liwa between Kiskra and Kiskawa) and three sites in the Bol area (Foulatari, Ligra and Sommi). However, their existence is to be checked.
The Humanitarian Country Team and the Inter-cluster are working on a new CERF Rapid Response funding request firstly to meet the humanitarian needs in the northern basin of the Lac (Liwa-Daboua axis), Kangalom and Tchoukoutalia; and secondly to address the food insecurity and malnutrition crisis, whose deterioration in the entire Sahel belt (Lac, Bar el Ghazal and Hadjer Lamis regions), is confirmed by the recent results of the Harmonised Framework.
Besides, the 592 displaced persons from the Lac region who live in the village of Ideter (near Am-Timan, southwestern Chad), continue to receive assistance in health from the NGO IMC, and received WFP food distribution in early April. Those IDPs who want to return to their areas of origin in Lac region (six villages near Baga-Sola) have been requested to express their will. The authorities and partners (including IOM) are in discussing about support to return and a reintegration package.