Attachments
Highlights:
- The ongoing security and humanitarian crises in the Central Sahel, especially in Burkina Faso, are geographically expanding and increasingly affecting the northern regions of coastal Gulf of Guinea countries: Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Togo
- The security and humanitarian situation has worsened over the past three months, causing severe access constraints and significantly hindering assistance to the most vulnerable populations in the northern regions of the GoG countries.
- As of June 2024, over 172,000 people have been displaced in the northern region of the four GoG countries due to insecurity. This includes 127,000 asylum seekers and 45,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs), according to UNHCR and governments. Local communities' capacity to host displaced persons is in critical limits. Access constraints are also impeding aid delivery to refugees, jeopardizing social cohesion and escalating competition for resources.
- The situation in the Gulf of Guinea countries has led to a complex and challenging humanitarian crisis. A joint Response Plan has been launched with UNHCR, UNICEF and IOM in March for a better coordination and impact of humanitarian actions.
- WFP is gradually scaling up its operations and improving assistance to people in urgent need by providing accessible aid where it is most needed. WFP has enhanced the response capacities in the northern regions of Gulf of Guinea countries and has reached so far over 126,000 vulnerable population (asylum seekers, IDPs and host population).
- WFP requires a total of US$ 22.8 million for the next six months (July to December 2024) to provide urgent and appropriate assistance to the targeted 241,200 vulnerable persons, while continuing prevention efforts to lessen the impact on food and nutrition security for both displaced individuals and host communities.