Niger: Floods - Jun 2017 Updates

CRISIS OVERVIEW Since the 1970s, recurrent extreme weather and climate events have been affecting the Lake Chad Basin (LCB), which includes Adamawa, Borno, Diffa (Niger), Far North (Cameroon), Lac...

UNESCO and the Government of Japan have signed an agreement for USD 1.7 million in support of the project “Water disaster Platform to enhance climate resilience in Africa”. H.E. Mr. Takio Yamada,...

A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the disaster From 26 to 27 August 2017, continuous rainfall resulted in extensive flooding, destruction of houses and loss of household belongings in several...

Mënschen hëllefen : agir au profit des plus vulnérables 18.07.2018 La Croix-Rouge luxembourgeoise a dévoilé son rapport d’activité 2017. Au-delà du bilan de l’année passée, cette présentation a été...

Summary The Start Fund anticipation window seeks to mitigate harm and loss forcommunities at risk of crisis. It does so by enabling and incentivising StartNetwork members to monitor risk and act on...

Faits saillants: · Augmentation de plus de 1/3 du nombre de personnes ciblées pour l’assistance en 2018 comparativement à 2017. · 338 millions de dollars US requis pour répondre aux besoins des...

In 2018, an estimated 2.3 million people, including 1.2 million children, will be affected by one or more of the crises impacting the Niger, including food insecurity, malnutrition, population...

FAITS SAILLANTS Le nombre de personnes dans le besoin est passé de 1,9 million en 2017 à 2,3 millions en 2018. Près de 6 000 personnes dans la région de Diffa passent en phase de crise, selon les...

Highlights  Attacks by Boko Haram continued in the Diffa region on several villages. 11 people including 4 women and 4 children were arrested by Defense and security forces under suspicion of...

Chaque année, à l’approche de la saison des pluies, Hadiza Bambara angoisse. La femme de 75 ans, qui a neuf personnes à sa charge, n’a pas oublié cette longue nuit pluvieuse où elle et sa famille ont...

When the rainy season comes each year, Hadiza Bambara is anxious. The 75-year-old woman, who has nine dependents, hasn’t forgotten the long rainy night when she and her family almost died when their...

This update is requesting a no-cost one month timeframe extension (New end date: 12 January 2018) to enable completion of distribution of NFI and shelter kits. Indeed, procurement was delayed by...

2017 in brief The Start Fund opened its Crisis Anticipation Window in November 2016. This made us the first global early action fund. we are now building systems and processes that enable our members...

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC ASSAILANTS ATTACK AID CONVOY Armed attackers ambushed a six-truck aid convoy on 11 November near the northern Kaga-Bandoro town, where incidents of insecurity have been on...

We failed this summer - let’s embrace it by Sarah Klassen For the nervous flyers out there, it’s comforting to know that flying has become the safest form of travel. It’s safe because we’ve recorded...

Highlights  Attacks by Boko Haram continued in the Diffa region on several villages, with targeted abduction, lootings and cattle thefts. Intercommunity tensions also continued.  UNICEF co-funded...

Summary of revisions made to the Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA): This Operation Update is issued to acknowledge challenges, mainly in-country security constraints, encountered since the start of...

Non-food response Since the beginning of the rainy season UNICEF has supported the Government in providing non-food items (NFI) to 5,330 affected families (37,461 people) in all the regions of Niger...

The West and Central Africa region has experienced severe flooding in the 2017 rainy season, causing significant material and human casualties. A combination of swollen rivers and high impact...

UN-SPIDER at a glance UN-SPIDER Regional Support Offices conduct virtual meeting As a follow-up to the 8th annual meeting of the UN-SPIDER Regional Support Offices (RSOs), conducted from 6 to 8 June...