This allocation will allow humanitarian partners to scale up projects in priority sectors, including protection, emergency shelter and non-food items, and co-ordination and management of IDP sites.
English News and Press Release on Central African Republic about Camp Coordination and Camp Management, Contributions and more; published on 11 Jun 2021 by OCHA
English Situation Report on Central African Republic about Agriculture, Contributions, Epidemic, Severe Local Storm and more; published on 28 May 2021 by OCHA
Central African Republic: Situation Report, 27 May 2021
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The Central African Republic has launched its COVID-19 vaccination campaign and announced a public health emergency to scale up efforts in the fight against the second wave.
Humanitarian partners are supporting hospitals in Bangui to cope with the lack of electricity and drinking water following torrential rains. Multisectoral emergency response reached 2,000 internally displaced people at the PK3 site in Bria, where a fire destroyed their homes.
In Bossangoa, thousands of displaced people return home in uncertainty To meet the most urgent needs in 2021, humanitarian partners plan to assist 1.84 million people, for what they will require US$ 444.7 million.
ACLED Regional Overview – Africa (8-21 May 2021)
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During the past two weeks in Africa, dozens of civilians were killed in militant attacks within the Central Sahel; pro-Palestinian demonstrations were reported across multiple countries; and Al Shabaab launched numerous explosive attacks on state forces in both Kenya and Somalia.
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Nigeria, Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the Boko Haram Jamatu Ahli is-Sunnah lid-Dawatai wal-Jihad (JAS) faction of Boko Haram, was reportedly killed after detonating a suicide vest in the Sambisa Forest. His reported death followed a successful operation by rival Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters to take the JAS forest stronghold. Whilst sources suggest that he is likely to be dead, conflicting accounts have reported that he may have been killed by gunshot rather than a suicide vest (HumAngle, 21 May 2021). Since taking over leadership of Boko Haram in 2009, Shekau has been falsely reported as dead on multiple occasions (Hum