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Chad

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35,200 Individuals
Base Layer

Population


8,377


Last Updated 01 Dec 2016
Source - CNARR & UNHCR

Internally Displaced Persons in Chad

95,063


Last Updated 31 Oct 2016
Source - Shelter/AME/CCCM Cluster
As of 31st October 2016, according to IOM there is a total of 95,063 displaced person registered (24,365 household): 82,260 IDPs; 12,481 chadian returnees; 322 third country nationals.

  

Settlement Total Population    
5,882
Individuals
70.2 %
1,263
Individuals
15.1 %
818
Individuals
9.8 %
309
Individuals
3.7 %
102
Individuals
1.2 %
3
Individuals
0 %
n/a
Individuals
0 %

   Latest Documents

  Highlights

Almost half of refugees in Chad going hungry after aid cuts, poor harvests - U.N.
30 Nov 2016
Lake Chad Basin: Millions of children suffer violence by Boko Haram , according to UNICEF
30 Aug 2016
WHO: Public health emergency declared in Lake Chad basin following Nigeria polio outbreak
30 Aug 2016
Chad's national assembly extended by six months the state of emergency imposed on the region in November 2016 (Thomsons Reuters Foundation)
25 Apr 2016
Chad: Idriss Deby won a fifth term in office with 61.56% of the votes in the first round, according to the provisional results (Election Commission)
21 Apr 2016

  Funding Requirements 2016

Total Appeal $30,293,386
Received to Date $6,018,467
Gap $24,274,919
Coverage 20%
Last Updated 20 Oct 2016

  News

Chad shuts border with Libya, deploys troops amid security concerns
Reuters, 06 Jan 2017
N'DJAMENA Chad, a key ally of the West in the fight against Islamist militants in West Africa, said on Thursday it has closed its long border with Libya and will deploy troops to the area in an effort to prevent the influx of militant fighters fleeing conflict in its war-torn northern neighbor. L...
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Tchad : Filippo Grandi préoccupé par les conditions de vie des déplacés de Baga Sola
UN Radio, 15 Dec 2016
Le Haut-Commissaire pour le réfugiés est en déplacement au Tchad où il s'est notamment rendu dans la région du Baga Sola où vivent plus de 100 000 personnes qui ont été déplacées par des militants du groupe Boko Haram, y compris des ressortissants du Nigéria et du Niger. Cette visite de F...
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The human cost of Chad’s war against Boko Haram
IRIN, 05 Dec 2016
Ali Mboudou was at home with his children one night in late 2015 when Boko Haram militants entered his village. They came in trucks and on foot from many directions, heavily armed. “We were surrounded. Everyone was a hostage,” he tells IRIN via a translator. “After two days, some of our ...
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Almost half of refugees in Chad going hungry after aid cuts, poor harvests - U.N.
Reuters, 30 Nov 2016
By Alex Whiting ROME, Nov 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - More than 40 percent of refugee families in Chad are going hungry after their food rations were cut two years ago, forcing many to reduce the number of meals and pushing some into debt, according to United Nations agencies. Chad in ce...
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Up to 1 mln people cut off from aid by Boko Haram in Lake Chad - U.N.
Reuters, 30 Nov 2016
By Kieran Guilbert DAKAR, Nov 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Up to a million people around West Africa's Lake Chad are cut off from humanitarian aid by Boko Haram despite a regional military offensive against the Islamist militants, a United Nations official said on Tuesday. Boko Haram viol...
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