Highlights
- In December 2024, UNFPA provided life-saving Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) services to 9,020 individuals and protection from Gender-based Violence (GBV) to 35,745 persons, mostly women and girls, across crisis-affected regions. Further highlights are:
- UNFPA supported 2,677 women in giving birth safely in Far North, North West, and South West of Cameroon crisis zones.
- During integrated mobile clinics conducted in the flood-affected areas in the Far North, UNFPA provided humanitarian health and protection services and information to 14,636 people.
- UNFPA supported various sensitization activities among crisis-affected communities during the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, including in partnership with the X-Maleya Musical group.
Situation Overview
Insecurity persisted throughout December in both the Far North and Anglophone regions of Cameroon. Boko Haram continued attacks in the Far North, notably increasing hostage-taking tactics with multiple kidnappings in some villages. Clashes between government forces and separatists continued in the North West and South West, with casualties reported on both sides. Nigerian Biafra rebels also engaged in cross-border hostilities in the Bakassi peninsula, and the fate of a Cameroonian official kidnapped in October 2024 remains unknown. Meanwhile, the government intensified its crackdown on civil society, suspending non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and summoning a prominent human rights activist, raising concerns about shrinking civic space ahead of the 2025 elections.