Central African Republic (CAR) Situation Report No. 39 (as of 20 August 2014)

Highlights

• More than 1,000 people have been displaced due to intercommunity violence in Mbres.

• At least 31 people were injured in explosions in Bangui on 19 and 20 August, according to MSF.

• The Ministry of Health, with support from WHO, has strengthened Ebola screening at Bangui’s international airport.

• Robberies targeting humanitarian aid continue to be reported, particularly against food and seed deliveries.

84,000
IDPs in Bangui, almost unchanged on last week’s figures.

44%
Funding available (about US$248 million) against the revised SRP requirements of $565 million

Received outside SRP $118 million

4.6 million
Population of CAR

2.5 million
People in need of assistance