FLOODING SITUATION OVERVIEW In West and Central Africa, the effects of climate change encompass both slow-onset phenomena, such as rising temperatures and droughts, as well as sudden onset events,...
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FLOODING SITUATION OVERVIEW In West and Central Africa, the effects of climate change encompass both slow-onset phenomena, such as rising temperatures and droughts, as well as sudden onset events,...
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SITUATION OVERVIEW As West Africa enters in the rainy season and Central Africa is slowly exciting from the rainy season devastating effects of heavy rains and flooding are seen. The region has...
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SITUATION OVERVIEW In 2022, the West and Central African regions experienced one of the worst flooding disasters on record, affecting over 8.5 million people in 20 countries. The heavy rains and...
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On average, schools in the West and Central Africa region have been fully closed for 15 weeks, as of 28 February 2022, according to the UNESCO Global Monitoring of School Closures. By the end of...
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En moyenne, les écoles en Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre ont été totalement fermées pendant une durée de 15 semaines avant le 28 février 2022, d’après le Suivi mondial des fermetures d’écoles de...
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Cameroon CHOLERA KILLS 55 PEOPLE WITH OVER 1,900 CASES As of 13 March 2022, the Ministry of Public Health reported that cholera disease had affected 21 health districts, with 1,901 cumulative cases...
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SITUATION OVERVIEW In 2021, flooding affected 1.4 million people in 15 countries in West and Central Africa. Heavy rains and floods continued to take a significant toll on human life, property, land,...
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BURKINA FASO CIVILIAN CASUALTIES AS BUS HITS AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE On 13 March, a bus hit an improvised explosive device (IED) on the main road between Kaya, the regional capital of the Centre-Nord,...
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SITUATION OVERVIEW Since the beginning of the year, flooding has affected 1.5 million people in West and Central Africa, particularly in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gambia, Niger, Chad,...
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SITUATION OVERVIEW Since the beginning of the year, flooding has affected 669,000 people in West and Central Africa, particularly in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gambia, Niger, Chad, Nigeria,...
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SITUATION OVERVIEW Since the beginning of the year, flooding has affected 375,406 people in West and Central Africa and particularly in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gambia, Chad, Togo, the...
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CAMEROUN L’AIDE ALIMENTAIRE AUX RÉFUGIÉS MENACÉE PAR UN MANQUE DE FINANCEMENT Le manque de ressources financières met en péril la capacité du PAM et des partenaires à fournir une aide alimentaire...
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CAMEROON FUNDING GAP THREATENS FOOD ASSISTANCE TO CAR REFUGEES Lack of financial resources is jeopardizing WFP and partners’ ability to provide livesaving food assistance to the refugees in eastern...
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Aid workers carry out life-saving often in dangerous and difficult circumstances. Over the past 16 years, 427 aid workers were killed, wounded or kidnapped in West and Central Africa. The number of...
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Link: Regional Office for West and Central Africa Bulletin - Central Emergency Response Fund, January - December 2012 (EN/FR)