CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
OVER 1,700 HOUSEHOLDS DEPRIVED OF ASSISTANCE
Poor road infrastructure throughout the country continues to hamper humanitarian access, particularly during the rainy season.
Due to damaged roads, food distribution has been suspended to 1,712 vulnerable households in the Gazi sub-province since the end of June. The Logistics Cluster leads an initiative to mobilize resources to improve road access.
HUMANITARIAN ACCESS RESTRICTION LIFTED IN THE NORTH
Humanitarian actors have resumed operations in the Kabo-Moyenne Sido area close to the Chadian border. Food distribution has reached over 5,000 IDPs on the Cité de la Paix IDP site and to IDPs living with host families in Moyenne Sido. Since April, humanitarian access to the area had been restricted following an attack on a humanitarian organization.
CABO VERDE
300 PREVENTIVELY EVACUATED AFTER TREMORS
The island of Brava has been experiencing strong and regular tremors since 1 August.
The municipal contingency plan is being implemented, and 300 people have been preventively evacuated from the epicentre region (Cova Joana and Benfica localities) to the city of Nova Sintra. The National Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics is evaluating the risk a full-blown eruption, while the tremors have slightly decreased in intensity and frequency. OCHA has deployed a 7-person UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) Team to assist the Government, Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Country Team.
CHAD
ONGOING DISCUSSIONS FOR THE VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION OF 63,000 CAR REFUGEES
Officials from Central African Republic, Chad and the UN Refugee Agency, meeting in Bangui on 1-2 August, agreed to implement pre-required conditions prior to a tripartite agreement for the voluntary repatriation of 63,000 CAR refugees living in Chad. They decided to identify open and secure humanitarian corridors between Chad and CAR and to strengthen information sharing.
NIGER
FLOOD WARNING IN NIGER, BENIN AND NIGERIA
On 5 August, the Niger Basin Authority released an alert on the risk of flooding in Benin, Nigeria and Niger. The Gorouol river, an affluent of the Niger river in Niger, is reported to have reached a level not seen since 1957. If the trend continues, a flood situation could arise, with the rising waters in Niamey likely to spread downstream toward Malanville in Benin and to Nigeria.
NIGERIA
FOOD CRISIS ON THE RISE IN YOBE STATE
Initial reports from an assessment mission supported by FAO and WFP indicate severe hunger in communities in Gujba and Gulani Local Government Areas in Yobe state, where IDPs have been making spontaneous returns. The mission reported that most IDPs never returned back to their original communities and homes but moved to neighbouring communities considered relatively safer and conducive for survival.
