“The arrival of nearly 14,000 Sudanese asylum seekers and Central African repatriates in the northeast, as well as the end of commercial traffic across the border, puts additional pressure on the limited resources available to the 130,000 extremely vulnerable people in the region,” Mr. Vulnerable families were already finding it hard to meet their basic needs due to the combined impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the fallout from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The humanitarian situation has worsened due to the conflict in neighbouring Sudan, he reported. Nearly 5,000 cases were reported in the first quarter of the year alone. There is also a “devastating human cost” as every hour, two women or girls fall victim to gender-based violence. “ Basic services are often unavailable to the population, worsening people’s living conditions and eroding their resilience to the point that a large majority is forced to adopt negative coping mechanisms.” A ‘devastating human cost’Īs a result, three out of five citizens lack access to safe drinking water and sanitation, and only 55 per cent of children complete elementary school. “The country is also marked by decades of lack of investments in adequate socio-economic infrastructures, services and livelihoods,” he added. Repeated military confrontations between various armed groups have uprooted one in five people from their homes, forcing them to find refuge elsewhere in the country or across the border.įlooding last year also affected more than 100,000 people, almost three times more than on previous occasions, and more than 6,000 homes were destroyed. Ag Ayoya provided a background to the humanitarian crisis in the CAR. “In addition, we will continue to support those suffering from the consequences of the conflict in Sudan, both from the displaced and host community.” Displacement, floods and underdevelopment “Our priority remains assisting the most vulnerable sections of the Central African society,” he said. The conflict in neighbouring Sudan has further exacerbated needs, and a $465 million humanitarian plan for the country was amended to include support for some 25,000 Sudanese and CAR nationals fleeing the fighting, as well as local communities hosting them. Of this number, 2.4 million “have needs so severe and complex that their survival and dignity is at risk,” Mohamed Ag Ayoya, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the CAR, told journalists in Geneva.
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