West and Central Africa — Lake Chad Basin Crisis Monthly Dashboard 69 (October 2024)

. As of October 2024, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria were hosting an estimated 6,069,794 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 (779,110  individuals) were located in Cameroon, while 5 per cent resided in Chad (294,099 individuals), 9 per cent in Niger (555,664 individuals) and finally, 73 per cent in Nigeria (4,440,921 individuals). Overall, the numbers show a sharp increase in returnees from abroad (+45%), slight increases in IDPs (+1%) and refugees (+2%), and a decrease in returnees former IDPs (-8%) since December 2023.