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World Health Organization (WHO)
Source: World Health Organization (WHO) |

Sahel, Lake Chad Basin countries coordinate joint polio eradication plan

The endorsement of this plan marks a renewed commitment to safeguard current and future generations from the life-long effects of polio

In a significant move to combat the ongoing challenge of variant poliovirus transmission in Central and West Africa, Ministers of Health from the Lake Chad Basin countries and Sahel sub-region have published this week a comprehensive cross-border coordination plan for 2024/2025. This critical initiative aims to bolster joint efforts to…

Norwegian Refugee Council

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Source: Norwegian Refugee Council |

Severe floods hitting most vulnerable in Sahel and Lake Chad region

Farmlands across the region, vital for local economies and food security, have been destroyed by floodwaters, threatening livelihoods, and worsening food insecurity

Recent floods in northeast Nigeria have displaced at least 50,000 people from their homes since the weekend. Across the Sahel and Lake Chad region, heavy floods have exacerbated existing humanitarian crises in countries such as Cameroon, Mali, and Niger. The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is urgently calling for increased international…

International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Source: International Rescue Committee (IRC) |

Record-breaking floods are devastating Niger, Mali, and Nigeria, warns International Rescue Committee (IRC)

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is working with partners and government agencies to ensure people reach safety and are able to access emergency support

In Niger, over 841,000 people have been impacted by the floods, with more than 400,000 displaced and hundreds tragically losing their lives; Mali is facing its worst floods since the 1960s, with 343,900 people affected and 55 deaths reported; In Nigeria, heavy rainfall has caused widespread devastation, with the overflowing of the…

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The State of Qatar
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The State of Qatar |

Qatar: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Bids Farewell to Ambassador of Mali

HE the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs thanked HE the Ambassador for his efforts in supporting and strengthening the bilateral relations

HE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi met on Sunday with HE Ambassador of the Republic of Mali to the State of Qatar Amadou Diem, on the occasion of the end of his tenure. HE the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs thanked HE the…

Norwegian Refugee Council

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West and Central Africa: Alarming rise in school closures

Children’s right to an education must be protected as the future of an entire generation hangs in the balance

In West and Central Africa, more than 14,000 schools have been forced to close due to violence and insecurity as of June 2024, impacting the learning of hundreds of thousands of children across the region, highlights the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) on the International Day to Protect Education from Attack.…

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) |

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) urges inclusion of refugees and Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in flood response across West and Central Africa

The floods have devastated communities, destroyed homes and infrastructure and heightened protection risks for the most vulnerable, severely affecting forcibly displaced populations who were already living in precarious conditions

With the onset of the rainy season, severe flooding across Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Niger and Nigeria has significantly worsened the situation of refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs) in the region. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, emphasizes the importance of including forcibly displaced people in national response plans.  The floods have…

Save the Children
Source: Save the Children |

West Africa Floods: More than 950,000 people displaced and children sheltering in schools just weeks before school term starts

In Mali, where the government has declared a national state of disaster, the floods have forced 73,778 people including 32,889 children from their homes

Recent heavy rains and floods across West Africa have forced nearly 950,000 people [1], many of them children, from their homes across Mali, Nigeria and Niger, Save the Children said. The hundreds of thousands of children now displaced from their homes are facing disease, hunger from crop destruction, and disruption…

Norwegian Refugee Council
Source: Norwegian Refugee Council |

Mali: Dire conditions for Burkinabe refugees in central Mali amid lean season

The influx of refugees continues unabated, placing immense pressure on the already limited resources of local communities that are already hosting large numbers of internally displaced people

As the lean season intensifies across Mali, the situation for thousands of people who have fled ongoing violence in Burkina Faso to find refuge in central Mali is becoming untenable, warns the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). Since January 2024, over 20,000 Burkinabè refugees have been registered in the Koro cercle…

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)
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Displaced by floods: Confronting a crisis in Mali

Between 22 and 25 July, flooding hit central Mali, affecting 9,700 people, 67 per cent of whom were women and children

"We couldn't take anything with us,” said Bekaye Djiré, standing on what remains of the home he shared with his brothers, sisters-in-law and their children. Everything they owned was destroyed following torrential rains in Mali’s Ségou Region.  Djiré and his family were caught off-guard in the middle of the night…

Amnesty International
Source: Amnesty International |

Mali: Arbitrarily detained opposition leaders must be immediately released

Malian authorities must immediately release Youssouf Daba Diawara and 11 other opposition politicians who remain arbitrarily detained solely for exercise of their human rights amid escalating crackdown on dissent, said Amnesty International

On 12 July, Youssouf Daba Diawara, former coordinator of the Coordination of Movements, Friends and Sympathizers of Imam Mahmoud Dicko (CMAS), an association dissolved by the transitional authorities in March 2024, was forced out of his car in Bamako by armed men and taken to the Criminal Investigations Brigade of…