Attachments
Highlights
CAR: 2,000 new IDPs were registered by IOM in Kabo and Moyen Sido as a result of displacement from clashes in Batangafo and surrounding areas.
CHAD: On 21 August, IOM relocated 301 returnees and 160 CAR-claiming nationals from Sido transit site to Maigama temporary site.
CAMEROON: On 18 August, IOM provided evacuation assistance to 319 Chadian migrants from Kentzou and Garoua Boulai to return to Chad.
REPUBLIC OF CONGO: During the reporting period, IOM provided evacuation assistance to 130 Third Country Nationals (TCNs) in Bétou to return to Chad.
Situation Overview
Central African Republic (CAR): Mahamat Kamoun was sworn in as CAR’s new Prime Minister on 14 August. He stated his firm intention to continue with efforts to restore “peace and security, national reconciliation, humanitarian assistance, economic recovery and a return to constitutional legitimacy.”
The security situation in Bangui is tense. On 14 August, there was shooting around the RDOT camp in PK11, with four injuries reported. IOM activities at the camp have continued. From 20 to 21 August, clashes between French EUFOR forces and armed groups in the third arrondissement left several dead and dozens injured. There were several peaceful marches in Bangui during the reporting period.
There are 83,757 displaced people in Bangui at 38 sites (CMP dashboard, 20 August).