West and Central Africa
DTM West and Central Africa
DTM Operations in the region
- Active DTM operation
- Past DTM operation
The objective of DTM’s (Displacement Tracking Matrix) Emergency Tracking Tool (ETT) is to collect information on large and sudden population movements.
To better understand and capture how COVID-19 has been affecting global mobility, IOM developed a global database (the Mobility Restrictions Mapping, MRM) which maps, tracks, and analyses the changes and trends in operational status of and mobility restrictions at Points of Entry (PoEs) including
L’outil de suivi des urgences (ETT, Emergency Tracking Tool) de la Matrice de suivi des déplacements (DTM, Displacement Tracking Matrix) a pour but de recueillir des informations sur les mouvements importants et soudains de populations.
The objective of the Emergency Tracking Tool (ETT) is to collect information on large and sudden population movements. Information is collected through key informant interviews or direct observation.
Le suivi des urgences a pour but de recueillir des informations sur les mouvements importants et soudains de populations. Les informations sont collectées à travers des entretiens avec des informateurs clés ou des observations directes.
On 31 May 2021 at 2:30PM, there was a fire outbreak at Kuya Primary School Camp that reportedly destroyed shelters and belongings of numerous IDP households. This incident fully destroyed 327 shelters and partially damaged 30 shelters, affecting a total of 1,246 individuals in 353 households.
The lingering conflict in Nigeria's North East Zone has been the major cause of widespread population displacement.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, IOM's Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), monitors the movements to and from Nigeria's Adamawa and Borno States in the North East Nigeria.
Nigeria's North Central and North West Zones are afflicted with a multidimensional crisis that is rooted in long-standing tensions between ethnic and religious groups and involves attacks by criminal groups and banditry/hirabah (such as kidnapping and grand larceny along major highways).
During the COVID-19 pandemic, IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), monitors the movement to and from Nigeria's Adamawa and Borno States, located in the North East Zone.
Between 24 and 30 May 2021, a total of 1,858 movements were recorded in the states of Adamawa and Borno. The recorded movements consisted of 1,228 arrivals and 630 departures.
The lingering conflict in Nigeria's North East Zone has been the major cause of widespread population displacement.
Surging communal violence between ethnic and religious groups, and long-standing conflicts between farming communities and nomadic herders are prevalent across north-east Nigeria.
Afin de mieux comprendre les tendances des mouvements transhumants et l’impact des fragilités sur les communautés transhumantes, l’OIM, au travers de sa Matrice de suivi des déplacements (DTM), a déployé depuis juin 2019 l’outil de suivi de la transhumance (Transhumance Tracking Tool – TTT) avec
Nigeria's North Central and North West Zones are afflicted with a multidimensional crisis that is rooted in long-standing tensions between ethnic and religious groups and involves attacks by criminal groups and banditry/hirabah (such as kidnapping and grand larceny along major highways).
During the COVID-19 pandemic, IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), monitors the movement to and from Nigeria's Adamawa and Borno States, located in the North East Zone.
La crise sécuritaire que le Mali a connu en 2012 a provoqué d’importants déplacements de populations tant à l’intérieur du territoire que vers les pays limitrophes.
Les conflits agro-pastoraux liés à la transhumance, pratique ancestrale au Cameroun et dans la sous-région, sont devenus une cause d’insécurité majeure à la frontière avec le Tchad et la République centrafricaine.
Following an attack by non-state armed groups in December 2020 in Niger in the locality of Toumour (Diffa region), 1,800 people, all Chadian nationals, left the locality of Toumour to take refuge in the locality of Boulouwa, located in the Batha province in central Chad.
In order to gain a better understanding of mobility flows and trends through West and Central Africa, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) implements the Displacement Tracking Matrix’s Flow Monitoring (FM) tool at key transit points across the region.
Suite à une attaque par des groupes armés non étatiques survenue en Décembre 2020 au Niger dans la localité de Toumour (région de Diffa), 1 800 personnes, tous ressortissants tchadiens, ont quitté le Niger pour se refugier dans la localité de Boulouwa, située dans la province du Batha au centre d
Between 17 and 23 May 2021, a total of 2,427 movements were recorded in the states of Adamawa and Borno. The recorded movements consisted of 1,977 arrivals and 450 departures.
Surging communal violence between ethnic and religious groups, and long-standing conflicts between farming communities and nomadic herders are prevalent across north-east Nigeria.
This report covers the period from 8 to 24 February 2021, which presents the results from the Round 6 of Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) assessments carried out by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), The information collected seeks to inform the government of Nigeria — as
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