Chad — Emergency Tracking Tool Report 171 (7 – 17 August 2023)

The objective of the Emergency Tracking Tool (ETT) is to collect information on large and sudden population movements as well as on security and climate emergencies. This dashboard provides information on movements which occurred on 14, 22, 27 july, 05, 08 and 09 august 2023 in six sites in Lake Province.

Following the kidnappings of individuals in the villages of Kolina and Dla (situated in Liwa sous-préfecture, Fouli department), two movements occurred in Liwa sous-préfecture: firs, 298 households (1,250 individuals) of local communities, preventively left the locality of Kolina to seek refuge in Djigou 2 site (point 1 on the map). Then, a total of  420 households (1,750 individuals) of local communities, preventively left the village of Dla and took refuge on 22 july 2023 in Héra site 

Following armed attacks perpetrated by non-state armed groups on 22 july, 01, 06 and 07 august 2023 in the villages of Tchoukou Tchella, Kirna Tchoulouma (sous-préfecture of Liwa), Djilom and Tambou (sous-préfecture of Kaiga-Kindjiria), several movements occurred:

• 20 households (85 individuals) of local communities, left the village of Tchoukou Tchella and took refuge on 27 july 2023 in the Koubourom site (situated in the same sous-préfecture) 
• 120 households (485 individuals) of IDPs, left the village of Kirna-Tchoulouma (sous-préfecture of Liwa) and sought refuge on 05 august 2023 in the site of Filla (same sous-préfecture) 
• 40 households (180 individuals) of local communities, left the locality of Djilom (Kaiga-Kindjiria sous-préfecture) to take refuge on 08 august 2023 in the site of Toukoul 1 (sous-prefecture of Daboua) 
• 270 households (800 individuals) of local communities, left the village of Tambou (Kaiga-Kindjiria sous-préfecture) and sought refuge on 08 august 2023 in the Bouta Kadi site, situated in the same sous-préfecture