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Verified humanitarian updates across AFRICA, with maps and attributed sources.
Central African RepublicOn 07 August 2021, torrential rain fell on Bangui and its surroundings from 2 pm to 10 pm. Ten (10) districts of the 6th arrondissement and six (6) of Bimbo were hard hit, as well as cities of Birao and Baoro, affecting a total of about 799 households (3,952 people). The Assessments conducted by Central African Red Cro
NigerSince mid-June, the rainy season has been affecting parts of Niger, resulting in casualties and damage. According to media, up to 64 people have died and 69,515 individuals have been affected. Heavy rainfall caused floods and landslides, destroying or damaging more than 5,100 houses. In Niamey, 6 people died on 10-11 A
Côte d’IvoireThe first case of Ebola Virus Disease case (EVD) is a lady of 18 years old who travelled from Guinea to Abidjan. Since 15 August, the case is hospitalised at the Treichville University Hospital’s Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department (SMIT). Since 15 August, UNICEF and WHO have coordinated their support and inten
NigeriaAn influx of internally displaced persons (IDPs) fleeing non-state armed group violence is stretching shelter capacity and services in the Government Senior Secondary School (GSSS) camp for IDPs in Bama Local Government Area in Borno State. In July 2021, 928 people arrived at the already congested camp reception centre
GuineaOn 9 August, the World Health Organization announced its support to Guinea following a confirmed death from Marburg virus disease, the first recorded case in the country and in West Africa. The virus is related to Ebola and, like COVID-19, is transmitted from animal hosts to humans. It is carried by bats and has a fata
Ethiopiais estimated that 5.5 million people are facing acute food insecurity in Tigray and the neighbouring regions of Afar and Amhara, in Ethiopia, with 353,000 people in Catastrophic situation (IPC Phase 5), which is the highest number of people in this category since the 2011 Somalia famine). Furthermore, there are 2.1 mil
GhanaDamaging floods struck in Ghana‘s Upper West Region after recent heavy rainfall. Disaster authorities said over 1,605 people were affected and over 100 homes destroyed. Furthermore flooding caused severe damage to roads and bridges in the region, impacting livelihoods and leaving some communities cut off. Roads were de
Côte d’IvoireAbidjan/Brazzaville, 14 August 2021 – The Ministry of Health of Cote d'Ivoire today confirmed the country's first case of Ebola since 1994. This came after the Institut Pasteur in Cote d'Ivoire confirmed the Ebola Virus Disease in samples collected from a patient, who was hospitalized in the commercial capital of Abidj
TunisiaWildfires have been affecting the Kabylia Region in northern Algeria since 9 August. More than 70 fires have occurred in 13 prefectures in the north of the country including Tizi-Ouzou, Bouira, Sétif, Khenchela, Guelma, Bejaïa, Bordj Bou Arreridj, Boumerdès, Tiaret, Medea, Tébessa, Blida and Skikda. According to media
TunisiaAt least 65 people have been killed in wildfires that erupted in Algeria, according to state television reports. Officials said the number included 25 soldiers killed trying to save residents. The fires have been ravaging forests and villages east of the capital, Algiers, in the Kabyle region, covering the mountainous
South SudanFlooding, high levels of food insecurity, violence and COVID-19 continued to drive people’s humanitarian needs in July. In Ayod County of Jonglei, some 30,000 people in at least six locations were affected by flooding, according to local authorities. A cumulative number of 18,000 people in Fangak County, Jonglei, were
TunisiaA fire incident broke out late on the afternoon in the pine forests of Ain Mazer, Sakiet Sidi Youssef district, Kef governorate in the middle-western region of Tunisia. Ain Mazer is a small village located in a rugged area,18 km away from the centre of Sakkiet Sidi Youssef. Its population make living mainly form forest
NigeriaOn 27 July, floods resulting from heavy rains destroyed over 800 shelters for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Government Senior Secondary School (GSSS) camp in Monguno local government area in Borno State. At least 113 shelters were seriously damaged. Camp Management and Camp Coordination partners responded
ChadAs of 28 July, floods have affected around 25,000 people in Tandjile and Mandoul provinces in the south, and Ennedi-Ouest province in the north. On 26 June, devastating floods killed five people, wounded 231 and destroyed 4,413 houses. Humanitarian partners are providing water, sanitation, hygiene, non-food items, and
SudanGedaref State : On 21 July 2021, a flash flood affected Al Fao locality in the Gedaref State due to heavy rainfall in the Al Butanah catchment area. According to reports received over 150 houses in village 16, village 14, Al-Abhath, Haj AlSayed, and Tiako villages have been affected by the flooding. No reports of death
MaliOn 19 July, following the approval of the first ever Regionally-hosted Pooled Fund to boost humanitarian operations in West and Central Africa, OCHA has launched the Niger envelope starting with the release of US$ 15 million. Niger is facing a complex humanitarian emergency where continuous violence and insecurity has
NigeriaAs many as 300 homes were damaged by severe flooding in Jalingo, Taraba State in North Eastern Nigeria after heavy rain from 09 July 2021, while heavy rain on 16 July swamped roads in Lagos, the country’s largest city. Floods in Jalingo, Taraba state capital, Nigeria, July 2021. Photo via NIHSA Local media said as many
ChadCountry-wide Government calls for humanitarian assistance in anticipation of upcoming floods: On 6 July, the Chadian Minister of Economy, Development Planning and International Cooperation, Dr Issa Doubragne, addressed an official request to the RC/HC for the “planning and implementation of protection and assistance me
GambiaThe GRCS, the NDMA and other partners immediately launched a joint rapid assessment which is still ongoing. Preliminary information as of 12 July 2021 from an assessment indicates that more than 16,849 people (approximately 1,057 households) are affected, including more than 1,531 internally displaced persons (IDPs), a
Congo - KinshasaMore than 3,700 families in Kahinda and Kanunu towns, Tanganyika Province, require emergency assistance. The majority of them are formerly internally displaced persons who returned to their homes in 2020, after they had fled the towns of Nyunzu and Kolongi in Tanganyika in 2017 in the wake of community violence perpetr
NigeriaAid partners distributed food and condiment rations to some 64,442 people across camps and host communities in Pulka town, in Gwoza local government area of northeastern Borno State, to cover their needs for four weeks. Nearly 900 people had arrived in Pulka town between February and April 2021, fleeing different locat
Ethiopia09 June 2021, Addis Ababa: As part of a broad-based initiative to address the plant protection needs of the Eastern Africa nations, a practical training programme on Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) was delivered to experts drawn from the National Plant Protection Organizations (NPPO) of Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, K
NigeriaRising violence in northwest Nigeria's Zamfara state is causing a humanitarian crisis, warns international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) today. MSF is calling for an urgent humanitarian response for people in the region, who are desperately short of food, drinking water, sh
Congo - KinshasaA girl gathers water at the fountain that is now working again thanks to the bypass pipe. 4 June 2021 - Goma, DR Congo. © UNICEF/UN0472915/Acland UNICEF is urgently working to restore water supply to 200,000 people – including at least 100,000 children - in the city of Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of th
South SudanThe food security situation in South Sudan has reached crisis levels and there is need for scaled up actions. According to its Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) projections, an estimated 5.8 million people (48 per cent of the population) faced Crisis levels of food insecurity (IPC Phase 3) or worse -