The Lake Chad crisis that began in 2015 caused massive displacement in Chad and resulted in close to 100,000 people fleeing their insular or island villages to the mainland. Today, the context of the crisis has evolved in the southern area of the lake, and significant waves of internally displaced people (IDP) have left the […]
Close to 100 000 refugees from the Central African Republic or CAR are currently settled in four southern regions of Chad adjacent to the border of the two countries. Most of the refugees first arrived in 2013 and 2014 when a civil war in CAR erupted, yet approximately 20 000 have arrived since December last year.
West Africa’s Lake Chad Basin has been witnessing one of the fastest-growing displacement crises in recent history. The conflict that originated in Nigeria in 2009, escalated and spilled over into neighboring countries of Niger, Chad and Cameroon with an enormous humanitarian impact and numerous human rights violations forcing civilian populations to move. In addition, this […]
Since January 2015, the humanitarian crisis in the Lake Chad region, coupled with instability and restrictions imposed by the state of emergency, have caused significant population displacement. Indeed, as of 23 January 2017, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) recorded the presence of over 106,000 displaced persons and 8,200 refugees and estimated the presence of […]
