More than 3,000 Nigerians are seeking refuge in Cameroon following last week's confrontation between the Nigerian army and Boko Haram insurgents some 10 kilometres from border.

17-06-2013 Facts and Figures

The ICRC operated against the background of a mass influx of Malian refugees in the Tahoua area and the return to the Agadez area of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa who have been deported from Libya.

Support for migrants from sub-Saharan Africa deported from Libya (with the Red Cross Society of Niger)

The ICRC:

Activités du CICR dans un contexte marqué par l'arrivée massive de réfugiés maliens dans la région de Tahoua et le retour dans la région d'Agadez de migrants d'origine subsaharienne déportés de la Libye.

Soutien aux migrants d'origine subsaharienne déportés de Libye, en collaboration avec la Croix-Rouge nigérienne (CRN)

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17-06-2013 Overview

In Niger, the ICRC works mainly to relieve the effects of chronic food crises in areas previously affected by armed violence and inter-communal tensions.

Caring for the sick and injured

The ICRC recently refurbished the limb-fitting and rehabilitation centre located in Niamey's National Hospital.

The organization supports health-care facilities and was on hand for Niger’s national polio-vaccination day.

Visiting detainees

Vienna, Austria, June 17, 2013. The Governing Board of the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID), meeting in its 143rd Session on June 13, has approved 17 loans and grants totaling over US$234 million to boost socio-economic development in over 44 partner countries. The majority of the public sector funding will co-finance transportation, energy and water supply and sanitation projects.

The approved public sector loans are as follows:

Burkina Faso

Introduction

There has been widespread interest in Sahel violence since the Arab Spring in 2011/2012. This analysis reviews politically violent events from that period and in historical perspective to explain dominant patterns in conflict across Sahel states and the broader African continent in comparative perspective.

DAKAR/NIAMEY, 13 June 2013 (IRIN) - West African and Sahel countries are setting up measures to minimize flood damage as the annual rainy season approaches. The African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD) in a seasonal weather outlook says near-average or above-average rainfall is likely over the western Sahel, which stretches across Mauritania, Senegal and western and central Niger.