West and Central Africa: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot (20 – 26 April 2021)
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29 MILLION SAHELIANS NEED HUMANITARIAN AID AND PROTECTION
A new record high of 29 million Sahelians in six countries – Burkina Faso, northern Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Niger and north-east Nigeria – are now in need of humanitarian assistance and protection, five million more people than last year. On 27 April, UN agencies and non-governmental organizations expressed their concern over the rapid worsening of the crisis. Growing needs in the Sahel are being exacerbated by ever-shrinking humanitarian space, which is dragging the entire response into a negative spiral. The number of people forcibly displaced has never been higher: from the Central Sahel to the Lake Chad Basin, 5.3 million people are uprooted and in need of protection. This unparalleled situation requires immediate action, yet among the main challenges to deliver effective aid remains the funding shortfall. Without sufficient r
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Nigeria
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Government launches construction of drinking water supply in Kana, Chad
Government launches construction of drinking water supply in Kana, Chad
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Tahani Mahamat Hassane, the Chadian Minister of Hydraulics has launched the construction of a new drinking water supply system in Kana, a locality situated in Moundou, Logone Occidental province.
The project will be implemented by GTC Company within a span of 10months. The latter will pump water from the water table to store it in a 100 m3 castle before distributing it to the population through 3 km of pipes connected to six standpipes.
Component of a vast program
According to Hassane, the drinking water supply project in Kana is a component of a vast program namely the Semi-Urban Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Program (PAEPA SU MR) that is being implemented in several phases in eleven regions of the Central African country, where water access rates are below 60%.
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Mintaqah-innidi
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Tibesti
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