Internal displacement

Between 30 September and 6 October 2024, a total of 1,195 new arrivals were recorded at locations in Adamawa and Borno states.

ETT assessments identified the following movement triggers: seasonal farming (422 individuals or 35%), improved security (202 individuals or 17%), flood (107 individuals or 9%), attack (107 individuals or 9%), poor living conditions (107 individuals or 9%), government re-integration (80 individuals or 7%), fear of attack (73 individuals or 6%), military operations (49 individuals or 4%) and family re-unification (48 individual or 4%).

IOM Yemen DTM's Rapid Displacement Tracking (RDT) tool collects data on estimated numbers of households forced to flee on a daily basis from their locations of origin or displacement, allowing for regular reporting of new displacements in terms of estimated numbers, geography, and needs. It also tracks returnees who returned to their location of origin.

From 1 January to 12 October 2024, IOM Yemen DTM tracked 2,856 households (HH) (17,136 Individuals) who experienced displacement at least once.

Between 6 and 12 October 2024, IOM Yemen DTM tracked 22 households (132 individuals) displaced at least once. The majority of people moved into/within the following governorates and districts:

• Ma'rib (20 HHs) – Ma'rib City (15 HHs), Ma'rib (3 HHs), Harib (2 HHs) districts. Most displacements in the governorate originated from Al Hodeidah and Al Bayda.
• Al Hodeidah (2 HHs) – Hays (2 HHs) district. All displacements in the governorate were internal.

The majority of people moved from the following governorates and districts:

• Al Hodeidah (8 HHs) – Alluhayah (2 HHs), Al Qanawis (2 HHs), Hays (2 HHs) districts.
• Al Bayda (3 HHs) – Al Quraishyah (2 HHs), Rada (1 HHs) districts.
• Taiz (2 HHs) – Jabal Habashi (1 HHs), Al Misrakh (1 HHs) districts.

IOM identified 15 additional households displaced in the previous reporting period, which covered 29 September - 05 October 2024, in the governorates of Al Hodeidah (9 HHs), and Marib (6 HHs). These figures have been added to the cumulative displacement total recorded since the beginning of the year.

This information was gathered following armed attacks that occurred on 10th October in the municipality of Arcahaie, in the 1st communal section of Boucassin. A total of 4,674 individuals (1,067 households) were displaced as a result of these attacks. All these individuals sought refuge in the same municipality of Arcahaie, with 57% of them staying with relatives as host families, while 43% in 3 sites. Updates will be disseminated by DTM based on observations of new movements related to these attacks.

On 30 September 2024, armed bandits attacked the community of Janbako in Janbako ward of Maradun LGA in Zamfara State. The attack affected 206 individuals in 42 households, including 115 children, 50 women and 41 men. Additionally, 32 individuals were displaced to the community of Maradun South in Maradun LGA.
On 02 and 03 October 2024, farmer/herder clashes occurred in the communities of Eguma in Ogwule Ogbaulu ward of Agatu local government area (LGA), Adam HC in Mbaikyor ward of Kwande LGA and Tse Anyom in Mbatian ward of Ukum LGA, all in Benue State. There were reports of two injuries and 10 fatalities. The clashes affected 1,280 individuals in 271 households, including 683 children, 300 women and 297 men. The clashes displaced 11 individuals from Eguma community to Usha community in Ogwule ward and four individuals from Adam HC community to Nyihemba HC in Mbaikyor ward.

This information was gathered following attacks that occurred on 4th October in the municipality of Saint Marc, in the 5th communal section of Bocozelle, precisely in the locality of Pont-Sondé. This report is an update of the one that was published on 4th October (ETT 49). A total of 6,742 individuals (1,414 households) were displaced as a result of these attacks. These individuals sought refuge in the municipalities of Saint Marc, Montrouis, Verretes, La Chapelle and Petite Rivière de l'Artibonite, with 78% of them staying with relatives as host families, while 22% in 6 separate sites including 3 sites that was opened at the beginning of displacement and 3 created after the publication of the first report on this situation.

As of September 2024, 3,187,793 individuals have been displaced, including 2,616,570 internally displaced persons (82% of the displaced population) and 571,223 refugees (18% of the displaced population). Sixty-six per cent of the displaced populations (2,101,962 individuals) were located in Burkina Faso, while 14 per cent resided in Mali (451,844 individuals), 11 per cent in Niger (352,718 individuals) and 4 per cent in Mauritania (136,954 individuals). The crisis’ recent spill over to coastal countries, namely Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin, shows growing number of refugees coming from the Central Sahel and populations internally displaced. As of September, 144,315 individuals were affected by displacement within the four countries (25,929 in Benin, 59,937 in Côte d’Ivoire, 7,242 in Ghana and 51,207 in Togo) of which 34,088 were internally displaced.

As of September 2024, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria were hosting an estimated 6,069,325 affected individuals made up of internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (former IDPs and returnees from abroad) and refugees (both in- and out-of-camp). Thirteen per cent of the affected population (778,301  individuals) were located in Cameroon, while 5 per cent resided in Chad (294,715 individuals), 9 per cent in Niger (558,872 individuals) and finally, 73 per cent in Nigeria (4,437,437 individuals). Overall, the numbers show a sharp increase in returnees from abroad (+45%) and slight decreases in IDPs (-1%), returnees former IDPs (-5%) and refugees (-1%) since December 2023.