• The number of people targeted through coordinated humanitarian appeals rose from 76 million in 31 countries in December 2014 to 78.9 million people in 37 countries in June 2015. This figure now stands at over 82 million.*

• US$6.6 billion have been received within the coordinated appeal framework.

• The total humanitarian funding received inside and outside coordinated appeals stands at $11.5 billion. It is worth noting that $23.2 billion is the total amount received inside and outside the appeals last year in 2014.

• The main reason for revised requirements is the upsurge in violence in Yemen. This has prompted a revision of the country’s appeal from $747.5 million at the beginning of the year to $1.6 billion.
  Requirements will be increase by the release of the Haiti plan, and by planned revision to the Libya response plan.

• The Syria crisis alone stands for 38 per cent of all requirements.
  Together with the emergencies in Iraq, South Sudan and Yemen, they make up 60 per cent of appeal requirements. 56 per cent of funding received for UN coordinated appeals in 2015 has been directed towards these crises.

• Flash appeals for Nepal, Honduras and Vanuatu have generated contributions between 50 and 55 per cent of the amounts appealed for. Gambia, Djibouti, Senegal and the Burundi region have received the least funding, at between 2 and 12 per cent of requirements.

CAMEROON
AT LEAST EIGHT KILLED IN TWIN BLASTS
On 13 September, at least eight people were killed and 28 others injured in twin bomb attacks in Kolofata, a border town in Cameroon’s Far North region where Boko Haram insurgents have conducted numerous raids. The attacks were carried out by two assailants, according to media reports.

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (CAR)
TWO KILLED IN GRENADE ATTACK
On 9 September, unidentified gunmen on motorbikes threw grenades into crowds of people in the 6th district of Bangui, killing at least two people and injured many others The attacks occurred at a time of improvement of the security situation and recovery of economic activities in Bangui.

CONCERN EXPRESSED OVER EVICTION OF IDPS
On 15 September, the Humanitarian Coordinator and the humanitarian community in the Central African Republic publicly expressed serious concerns on the forceful eviction of 114 internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the Saint Jean Gabaladja site in Bangui, occurred on 12 September.

COTE D’IVOIRE
ONE KILLED IN VIOLENT POLL PROTEST
On 10 September, one person was killed and property destroyed during clashes between opposition protesters and police in several Côte d’Ivoire towns. The protests, which were the first major eruption of violence ahead of the 25 October presidential poll, came after the Constitutional Court released a list of 10 candidates cleared to run in the election.

SENEGAL
CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS REPORTED
On 9 September, the Senegalese government notified WHO of cases of chikungunya in the south-eastern Kédougou region. The virus began circulating on 27 August. Of the 14 suspected cases, 10 turned out positive for the virus which is transmitted to humans by infected mosquitoes and causes fever and severe joint pain.

EVD REGIONAL
4 NEW CASES IN SIERRA LEONE
On 11 September, Sierra Leone reported a new confirmed EVD case, a 16-yearold girl from the northern Bombali district where no case has been reported for over six months. 690 inhabitants have been put under quarantine On 7 September, in Kambia district also in the north, three new cases were reported.
All three are relatives of a woman who died of Ebola on 28 August, becoming the first death a week after the then last known EVD patient in Sierra Leone was discharged from hospital. No new cases were reported in Liberia although there are concerns over low reporting of suspected cases. In Guinea, for the first time since the outbreak, no new cases have been confirmed since 1 September.

CAMEROUN
AU MOINS HUIT MORTS DANS UN DOUBLE ATTENTAT
Le 13 septembre, au moins huit personnes ont été tuées et 28 autres blessées dans un double attentat à la bombe à Kolofata, une ville frontalière dans la région de l'Extrême-Nord du Cameroun où les insurgés de Boko Haram ont mené de nombreux raids. Les attaques ont été menées par deux assaillants, selon des sources médiatiques.

RÉPUBLIQUE CENTRAFRICAINE (RCA)
DEUX MORTS DANS UNE ATTAQUE À LA GRENADE
Le 9 septembre, des inconnus armés à moto ont lancé des grenades dans la foule dans le 6ème arrondissement de Bangui, tuant au moins deux personnes et en blessant beaucoup d'autres. Les attaques ont eu lieu au moment de l'amélioration de la situation sécuritaire et de la reprise des activités économiques à Bangui.

PRÉOCCUPATIONS CONCERNANT L’EXPULSION DE DÉPLACÉS
Le 15 septembre, le Coordonnateur humanitaire et la communauté humanitaire en République centrafricaine ont publiquement exprimé de sérieuses préoccupations sur l'expulsion forcée de 114 personnes déplacées internes (PDI) du site de Saint Jean Gabaladja à Bangui, qui a eu lieu le 12 septembre.

COTE D’IVOIRE
1 TUÉ DANS DES MANIFESTATIONS ÉLECTORALES
Le 10 septembre, une personne a été tuée et des biens détruits lors d’affrontements entre manifestants de l'opposition et la police dans plusieurs villes de la Côte d'Ivoire. Les manifestations, la première éruption majeure de violence avant le scrutin présidentiel du 25 octobre, surviennent après que la Cour constitutionnelle a publié une liste de 10 candidats autorisés à se présenter aux élections.

SENEGAL
VIRUS DU CHIKUNGUNYA SIGNALÉ
Le 9 septembre, le gouvernement sénégalais a notifié l'OMS de cas de chikungunya dans la région sud-est de Kédougou. Le virus a commencé à circuler le 27 août. Sur les 14 cas suspects, 10 se sont avérés positif pour le virus qui est transmis à l'homme par des moustiques infectés et provoque de la fièvre et des douleurs articulaires graves.

MVE REGIONAL
4 NOUVEAUX CAS EN SIERRA LEONE
Le 11 septembre, la Sierra Leone a signalé un nouveau cas confirmé de maladie à virus Ebola (MVE), une fille de 16 ans du district nord de Bombali où aucun cas n'a été signalé depuis plus de six mois. 690 habitants ont été mis en quarantaine. Le 7 septembre, dans le district de Kambia, également dans le nord, trois nouveaux cas ont été signalés. Tous les trois sont des proches d'une femme qui est morte du virus Ebola, le 28 août, devenant le premier décès une semaine après que le dernier patient MVE connu en Sierra Leone soit sorti de l'hôpital. Aucun nouveau cas n’a été signalé au Libéria malgré les préoccupations concernant un plus faible signalement des cas suspects. En Guinée, pour la première fois depuis la flambée de l’épidémie, aucun nouveau cas n'a été confirmé depuis le 1er septembre.

• As of 24 September, the funding gap of the coordinated appeals framework is $11.7 billion, meaning that almost 60 per cent is not covered. In total, $19.8 billion are required for 2015. $8.1 billion have been received which includes $1.5 billion newly reported to the Financial Tracking Service (FTS) in September.

• Despite the generosity of donors, the needs still significantly exceed the total received. The highest amount of funding received is for the Syria crisis which has received $3 billion of the total required investment of $7.4 billion. Coverage therefore is only 41 per cent with a shortfall of $4.4 billion.

• Requirements for the Syria crisis represent 37 per cent of the UN-coordinated inter-agency humanitarian appeals, and together with other L3 emergencies (Iraq, South Sudan and Yemen) represent 60 per cent of the funding received this year towards the appeals. 82 million people in 37 countries are targeted for assistance through the UN-coordinated inter-agency appeals.

• Some revisions took place over the last month. Due to the recent floods, the Myanmar Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) requirement has increased from $189.5 million to $265 million. It is currently 37 per cent funded. The Afghanistan HRP has been revised from $405.3 million to $416.7 million (currently 48 per cent funded) based on the protracted nature of the refugee response in Khost and Paktika provinces as indicated in the mid-year update of the plan.

• Recorded funding for the Yemen HRP increased by 26 per cent over the last month ($416.6 million newly reported), meaning that requirements are now 44 per cent covered. Recorded funding of the Mauritania HRP increased by 14 per cent ($13.5 million newly reported) making it 48 per cent funded.

• As reported to FTS, there are $1.78 billion outstanding pledges of which $392 million are potentially earmarked for the UN-coordinated inter-agency appeals. Donors are strongly encouraged to report, check, and coordinate with FTS to ensure contributions are accurately and swiftly reflected.

• The total humanitarian funding received inside and outside the humanitarian coordinated appeals stands at $13.4 billion.

These maps show displacements of populations in the Sahel due to ongoing regional crises, including Boko Haram-related violence in northeast Nigeria, the conflict in the neighbouring Central African Republic, and the unrest in northern Mali.

• As of 28 October, the funding gap of the UN-coordinated inter-agency appeals is US$10.8 billion which means that 54 per cent of the required funds remain unmet.

• Globally, humanitarian organizations aim to reach 82 million people across 38 countries in 2015.

• Donors continued to give generously; coinciding with the occasion of the 70th UN General Assembly in September, newly reported contributions to FTS between September and October amount to approximately $1.2 billion towards humanitarian response. An additional $647 million in pledges remain outstanding.

• Ten appeals are funded between 50-59 per cent: Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Iraq, Mauritania, Nepal, Nigeria, South Sudan,
  Sudan, Syria regional refugee and resilience plan (3RP), and Vanuatu. The Afghanistan HRP saw an 11 per cent increase of reported funding rising from 48 per cent to 59 per cent. The Syria 3RP increased by 9 per cent from last month’s figures reaching funding coverage of 50 per cent as reported to FTS.
  Other increases in reported funding were for Sudan which saw an 8 per cent increase, DRC a 7 per cent increase, Iraq a 5 per cent increase, and Nigeria a 3 per cent increase.

• In stark contrast, the plans for Djibouti (15 per cent); Gambia (5 per cent);
  Sahel (15 per cent); Senegal (16 per cent); and the South Sudan regional refugee plan (20 per cent) remain the least funded and constitute a meagre 2 per cent of all funding received. Low funding continues to hinder humanitarian operations and the delivery of essential life-saving assistance.

• The Haiti Urgent Request for Humanitarian Funding, a five-month appeal covering August-December 2015, has increased the global request by $26 million. The plan was first released in August, and is now being tracked in FTS. Haiti is seeking funds to respond to multiple factors: a deterioration of the bi-national migration crisis with the Dominican Republic, resurgence in cholera cases, and increased food insecurity and malnutrition. The current El Niño episode will further aggravate the situation as Haiti experiences a second year of drought in several parts of the country.

• Through September, country-based pooled funds (CBPFs) have received $352 million. 61 per cent of this funding has gone to NGOs, including 17 per cent to national NGOs. Allocations complement other sources of funding and are prioritized in line with country humanitarian response plans. OCHA manages 18 CBPFs in crisis-affected countries, allowing donors to pool their unearmarked contributions to a specific emergency.

• The global figures in this document (82 million people and $19.8 billion requirements) do not include RRP country chapters already covered in corresponding HRPs.

• As of 30 November, the funding gap of the UN-coordinated inter-agency appeals is US$10.2 billion which means that 51 per cent of the required funds remain unmet.

• During November, newly reported contributions to FTS totalled $241.3 million for humanitarian response: $68.4 million for South Sudan, $27.9 million for Iraq, and $13.3 million for Lebanon. So far in 2015, $2.2 billion in pledges remain outstanding.

• Reported funding to Honduras increased by 12 per cent ($7.1 million or 54 per cent funded). Afghanistan had an increase of 8 per cent. South Sudan, Iraq,
  Nigeria, Djibouti and Nepal had increases of 6-7 per cent. There continues to be no increase in the funding to the two least-funded emergencies (Sahel Regional and Gambia).

• Libya continues to experience ongoing violence, depriving the most vulnerable of their basic needs and triggering large-scale displacement, forcing Libyans to flee on multiple occasions. A new response plan for Libya was launched in mid-November primarily with new requirements for the upcoming year but also reflecting requirements for October-December 2015. The total funding requirement for the new 15-month plan is $165.6 million targeting 1.3 million people to support refugees, migrants, IDPs, returnees and non-displaced people in need. The current Libya plan throughout 2015 has received $13.1 million (37 percent), according to FTS.

• In addition to the 29 country-specific humanitarian response plans, Regional Refugee Response Plans (RRP) focus on refugee requirements from a regional perspective through a multi-sectoral approach. The RRPs in Burundi (24 per cent), CAR (21 per cent) and South Sudan (21 per cent) are among the least well-funded plans.

• In November, the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) continued to provide support for early humanitarian response to climate-related events linked to El Niño. Some $20 million was allocated for life-saving activities in response to drought in El Salvador and Ethiopia, bringing the total CERF response to El Niño in 2015 to $76 million.

• To date, CERF has received $370.3 million in contributions for 2015.
  Since January, more than $421.1 million has been allocated for life-saving interventions in 42 emergencies worldwide: $252.2 million in rapid response grants to 31 emergencies and $169 million to sustain humanitarian operations in 20 underfunded and protracted crises.

• Through the end of November, OCHA-managed country-based pooled funds (CBPFs) have received more than $431 million from Member State donors which has allowed the 18 funds to disburse more than $400 million in support of people in some of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.

As of 30 December, the funding gap of the 2015 UN-coordinated inter-agency appeals is US$9.6 billion which means that 48 per cent of the required funds remain unmet.

During December, newly reported contributions to FTS totalled $736 million for humanitarian response: for response plans specifically, $81.7 million for Iraq, $80.6 million for Yemen, and $41.4 million for Niger. As reported to FTS by 30 December, over $1.7 billion of humanitarian funding remain in outstanding pledges (of which $404 million is allocated for the coordinated response plans).

Reported funding to the Iraq response plans increased by 12 per cent ($81.7 million or 74 per cent funded). Funding for Niger increased by 10 per cent, Haiti by 8 per cent, and Yemen by 5 per cent. Most appeals posted slight increases by one or two per cent while many, including Djibouti, Gambia, Honduras, Guatemala, Nepal, Sahel regional, South Sudan and Vanuatu staying at the same funding level as in November.
Sahel regional (15 per cent) and the Gambia (5 per cent) remain the two most poorly-funded emergencies in 2015.

The Regional Refugee Response Plans (RRP) focus on refugee requirements from a regional perspective through a multi-sectoral approach. The 3RP for Syria is the most well-funded at $2.7 billion (59 per cent), followed by RRPs for Burundi (24 per cent), CAR (21 per cent) and South Sudan (21 per cent) which are among the least funded plans.

As the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) is marking ten years, some 38 Member States and other contributors announced almost $252 million in pledges for 2016 in December, with further pledges expected to be announced early in the new year. In 2015, CERF received some $403 million or 90 per cent of its funding target in contributions; and allocated more than $470 million for life-saving response in 45 countries.

OCHA-managed country-based pooled funds (CBPFs) have received $580 million for 2015 from 19 Member State donors. This has allowed 18 funds to disburse some $500 million in support of affected people in the world’s worst humanitarian crises. Final disbursement figures will be available in January.

Currently, the humanitarian response plans and appeals for 2016 are seeking over $19.8 billion to meet the needs of 89.4 million people across 37 countries. The figures may increase in the course of 2016. As of 29 January, $50 million has been received for the appeals.

In January 2015, the UN-coordinated inter-agency appeals required $16.4 billion to meet the needs of 57.5 million people across 22 countries.
The year ended with requirements at $19.9 billion, an increase of $3.5 billion, to meet the needs of 82 million people in 38 countries.

As of 29 January, 21 humanitarian response plans (HRPs) and six refugee response plans (RRPs) for 2016 have been published. Eighteen of them are already being tracked by the Financial Tracking Service (FTS). Of these, early recipients of funding include: Nigeria (4 per cent funded), Cameroon (3 per cent), Niger (2 per cent), Libya, Chad and Somalia (all at 1 per cent).
Further response plans are being finalised and will be available online in the coming weeks.

Sectors benefitting from early funding have been those of agriculture, protection and human rights, shelter and non-food items, water and sanitation, food and health.

So far in 2016, the global humanitarian reported contributions are over $1.3 billion, with approximately $261 million in outstanding pledges. These contributions are reported towards bilateral funding, the Red Cross movement, and other funding mechanisms including for NGOs outside the UN-coordinated appeals framework.

As reported to FTS, the UN coordinated appeals have been consistently funded on average at 62 per cent regardless of the total requirement per year, and despite its five-fold increase over the last five years. 2015 saw the lowest coverage, closing the year at 53 percent (there may be adjustments to these final figures). The total funds received increased by 93 percent from $5.6 billion in 2011 to a highest $10.8 billion in 2014. It is expected that FTS will receive more funding reports attributed to 2015 appeals over the course of this year. All donors and operational partners are encouraged to report their contributions to FTS in a timely manner to ensure an up-to-date reflection of the funding status.

Meanwhile by 29 January, donors had pledged almost $250 million towards the CERF for 2016, of which some $76 million has already been received. In January, CERF allocated almost $9 million in rapid response grants and an additional $100 million to sustain life-saving relief for up to 4.5 million people in nine severely underfunded crises where levels of vulnerability are alarmingly high and available resources for humanitarian response are critically low.

4.7 Million Displaced Persons(Refugees, IDPs, Returnees)

These maps show displacements of populations in the Sahel due to ongoing regional crises, including Boko Haram-related violence in northeast Nigeria, the conflict in the neighbouring Central African Republic, and the unrest in northern Mali.

As at 29 February, the funding requirements for humanitarian response plans and appeals for 2016 are US$20.1 billion to meet the needs of 89.3 million people across 37 countries. The increase since January is due to the release of the Yemen response plan which seeks $1.8 billion to respond to humanitarian needs of 13.6 million people. The global figures are likely to increase further in the course of 2016.

Of the total amount requested, $407 million in funding has been received so far towards the UN coordinated inter-agency appeals with outstanding pledges amounting to over $135.4 million as reported to the Financial Tracking Service (FTS). At the London Conference to support Syria and the region on 4 February, donors pledged $11.3 billion of which $5.9 billion are for 2016 and $5.4 billion for 2017-2020. Rapid disbursement and decisions of allocation will be important to allow agencies to step up operations in Syria in light of the cessation of hostilities. We are following up on donor plans to understand where funding gaps exist.

Twenty-three humanitarian response plans (HRPs) and six refugee response plans (RRPs) for 2016 have been published. The funding status so far is as follows: Guatemala and Niger (9 per cent funded), Iraq (8 per cent), Burkina Faso and South Sudan (5 per cent), Afghanistan and Nigeria (4 per cent), Cameroon and Libya (3 per cent). Protracted emergencies such as Chad, Somalia and Yemen are 2 per cent funded.

In South Sudan, urgent funding of $220 million is required to enable aid organizations to rapidly scale-up humanitarian action before the end of the dry season in May 2016. Aid workers are in a race against time to respond in areas previously cut off by fighting and rains, and to pre-position vital supplies ahead of the next rainy season.

As reported to FTS, since January, around $2.4 billion of humanitarian funding with over $2 billion has been allocated outside of the appeals framework, including bilateral funding, funding to the Red Cross movement, and other mechanisms for NGOs.

Meanwhile, donors have pledged almost $250 million for 2016 for the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) thus far, of which almost $129 million has been received. To-date, CERF has allocated almost $20 million and set aside additional $21 million in rapid response grants. Another $100 million, of which $3 million has already been allocated, is intended to sustain life-saving relief for 5.3 million people in nine severely underfunded crises, including Burundi, DPR of Korea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda where levels of vulnerability are alarmingly high and available resources for humanitarian response are critically low.
By the end of February, 18 Country-Based Pool Funds (CBPFs) have received contributions and pledges of some $100 million.

• The global figures in this document (89.3 million people and over $20 billion requirements) do not include RRP country chapters already covered in corresponding HRPs.

RÉPUBLIQUE CENTRAFRICAINE

ENLÈVEMENTS DE LA LRA EN HAUSSE

Des hommes armés de l’Armée de résistance du seigneur (LRA) ont enlevé 217 personnes, dont 54 enfants, dans l’est de la RCA depuis le début de l'année, selon le groupe de défense Invisible Children, basé à Washington.

Quarante et un des enfants restent en captivité ou sont portés disparus, a indiqué le groupe dans un communiqué le 3 mars, en notant que les enlèvements mettent en évidence les lacunes dans la protection des civils. Cette année, jusqu‘ici, la LRA a enlevé presque deux fois plus de personnes qu’au cours de l'ensemble de l’année 2015.

L’INSÉCURITÉ ALIMENTAIRE RESTE ÉLEVÉE

La production agricole 2015 est restée à 54% en dessous des niveaux d'avant la crise en dépit d'une augmentation de 10% au cours de la saison 2014, selon les résultats de la Mission d'évaluation des récoltes et de la sécurité alimentaire du PAM et de la FAO publiées le 1er mars. Les récoltes de céréales ont continué de baisser l'an dernier, avec une production de 70% inférieure à la moyenne d'avant la crise.

La production agricole globale en 2015 s’élevait à 838 671 tonnes, soit environ un million de tonnes de moins que la moyenne avant la crise. Environ 2,5 millions de personnes, soit la moitié de la population, sont confrontées à la faim.

NIGERIA

QUELQUES 22 000 NIGERIANS SONT RETOURNÉS DU CAMEROUN

En date du 29 février, 21 998 Nigérians, y compris un grand nombre qui a fui en raison de la violence de Boko Haram, sont retournés du Cameroun. Quelque 54% des rapatriés sont des enfants, 46% des femmes et presque tous sont de l'Etat de Borno au nord-est. Le HCR et les partenaires humanitaires soutiennent la surveillance des mouvements de retour et le profilage des rapatriés, en fournissant une assistance ciblée, le développement des capacités et la défense des conditions de retour pour se conformer aux normes juridiques internationales

SÉNÉGAL

DÉVELOPPEMENT D’UN PLAN D’INTERVENTION TRANSFRONTALIER CONJOINT

Les autorités bissau-guinéennes et sénégalaises, ainsi que les partenaires humanitaires internationaux ont organisé, du 3 au 5 mars, un atelier dans la ville de Ziguinchor au sud, pour élaborer un plan d'urgence transfrontalier sur le virus Ebola et les catastrophes naturelles. Les deux pays ont convenu d'une approche commune pour répondre aux situations d'urgence transfrontalières. Un atelier similaire a également été mené précédemment avec les autorités de la Guinée voisine, d’où le premier et seul cas d'Ebola au Sénégal provenait.

MALADIE À VIRUS EBOLA (MVE)

LE CAS SUSPECT DE LA GUINÉE TESTÉ NÉGATIF

Aucun nouveau cas n’a été signalé dans la semaine se terminant le 6 mars. Les 1er et 2 mars, les représentants de la Guinée, du Liberia et de la Sierra Leone ont examiné leurs plans d'intervention Ebola avec les partenaires internationaux au cours d’une réunion sur la Phase 3 de la riposte des pays, à Conakry. En Guinée, un patient soupçonné d'avoir été infecté par le virus Ebola a été admis dans un centre de traitement le 29 février. Cependant, les tests se sont révélés négatifs pour le virus Ebola.

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

LRA ABDUCTIONS ON THE RISE

Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) gunmen have abducted 217 people, including 54 children in eastern CAR since the start of the year, according to the Washington-based advocacy group Invisible Children. Forty-one of the children remain in captivity or unaccounted for, the group said in a statement on 3 March, noting that the abductions highlight gaps in civilian protection. So far this year, the LRA has abducted nearly twice as many people as in the whole of 2015.

FOOD INSECURITY REMAINS HIGH

The 2015 crop production remained at 54 per cent below the pre-crisis levels despite a 10 per cent increase over the 2014 season, according to WFP and FAO Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission assessment released on 1 March. Cereal harvests continued to decline last year, with production 70 per cent lower than the pre-crisis average.
Overall crop production in 2015 amounted to 838,671 metric tons, around one million metric tons less than the average before the crisis. Around 2.5 million people, or half the entire population are facing hunger.

NIGERIA

As of 29 February, 21,998 Nigerians, including many who fled due to Boko Haram violence had returned from Cameroon. Some 54 per cent of the returnees are children, 46 per cent are women and nearly all of them are from the north-eastern Borno State. UNHCR and partners are supporting the monitoring of return movement and profiling of returnees, providing targeted assistance, developing the capacity of key stakeholders to the response and advocating for conditions of return to comply with international legal norms.

SENEGAL

Guinean-Bissau and Senegalese authorities as well as international humanitarian partners on 3 - 5 March held a workshop in the southern Ziguinchor town to develop a cross-border contingency plan on Ebola and natural disasters. The two countries agreed on a common approach to respond to crossborder emergencies. A similar workshop was also conducted previously with authorities from neighbouring Guinea, where Senegal’s first and only Ebola case came from.

EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE

No new cases were reported in the week ending on 6 March. On 1 - 2 March, representatives from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone reviewed Ebola response plans with other international partners during the Country Phase 3 Response meeting in Conakry. In Guinea, a patient suspected to have been infected with Ebola was taken ill at a treatment centre on 29 February. Tests however turned out negative for Ebola.

4.5 MILLION DISPLACED PERSONS (Refugees, IDPs, Returnees)

These maps show displacements of populations in the Sahel due to ongoing regional crises, including Boko Haram-related violence in northeast Nigeria, the conflict in the neighbouring Central African Republic, and the unrest in northern Mali.

4.5 MILLION DISPLACED PERSONS (Refugees, IDPs, Returnees)

These maps show displacements of populations in the Sahel due to ongoing regional crises, including Boko Haram-related violence in northeast Nigeria, the conflict in the neighbouring Central African Republic, and the unrest in northern Mali