Chad — Emergency Tracking Tool Report

Between March 19 and 27, 2022, as a result of movement restrictions in northern Chad issued by local authorities, 252 migrants were stranded 45 kilometers north of the town of Faya (Borkou Province).  Data collected from the registration of these 252 people indicated that they are Chadian (92%) and Sudanese (8%) nationals and that they came mostly from the Wadi Fira (39%) and Ouaddaï (11%) provinces in Chad. Thirty-six minors were also identified and registered by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). IOM distributed 252 kits containing food, mats, and charcoal, but there is still an urgent need for assistance in food, health care, and transportation. ​

According to local authorities, as well as the 252 registered migrants, about 148 additional migrants were stranded in the same locality on 29 March 2022 after IOM-led registration and assistance distribution took place.

Following an attack which occurred on 17 February 2022 in the village of Kimé (sous-prefecture of Ngouboua) by non-state armed groups, 50 households of 200 individuals displaced for the first time, left the villages of Kimé and Kairom situated in the sous-prefecture of Ngouboua (department of Kaya) and transited through multiple locations before arriving on 5 March 2022 in the newly established Boudoutouba site (in the sous-prefecture of Bagasola, department of Kaya).

On 16, 21 and 25 February 2022, following attacks perpetrated by non-state armed groups in the localities of Kousseri Ngouboua, Nguelea, Madai and Koubaya, a group of 385 households (1,372 individuals), mostly made up of IDPs, left the localities of Kousseri Ngouboua, Nguelea, Madai, Koubaya, Likitria, Fiakilia and Ngoudi, located in the souspréfecture of Ngouboua (département of Kaya), and took refuge in the sites of Ngouboua centre, Ngouboua Koura 1 and Malmairi loated in the same sous-prefecture.

Following fires that broke out on 10 and 15 February 2022 in the Diamerom and Tigo neighborhoods, located in the villages of Kiskra and Bagasola (sous-prefectures of Liwa and Bagasola, department of Fouli and kaya), respectively, an assessment was carried out by the DTM on 11 and 16 February 2022 to assess the damage caused by these fires. A total of 115 households of 297 individuals were affected. Considerable damage to houses and 67 shops incurred, resulting in significant loss of Non-Food Items, stocks of food products and personal valuables.

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 and direct observation. This dashboard provides information on movements which occurred on 02, 03, 05 and 06 February 2022, in four sites in the Lake Province.

On 02 and 03 February 2022, due to increasing insecurity in their places of origin, a group of 750 households with 2,500 individuals that had never been previously displaced, pre-emptively left the villages of Mousserom and Djoulom on the islands located in the sub-prefecture of Bol (department of Mamdi) and found refuge in the sites of Kinguiria and Melea Dar Al Salam 1 (same sub-prefecture).

On 05 February 2022, a total of 70 households (300 individuals) made up of IDPs preventively left several villages (Marte, Kaylan, and Kildey), located in the sub-prefecture of Kangalom (department of Mamdi) to take refuge in the site of Tchingam 3 (sub-prefecture of Bagasola, department of Kaya).

On 06 February 2022, 250 households (700 individuals) preventively left their villages of origin (Ridjibo, Farguimi 1 and 2) located in the sub-prefecture of Kangalom and moved to the site of Bibi Dar Al-amné (same sub-prefecture).

The objective of the Emergency Tracking Tool (ETT) is to collect information on large and sudden population movements. This dashboard provides information on movements which occurred on 20, 25, 27, 29 January and 1 february 2022, in several sites in the Lake Province.

On 27 January 2022, due to increasing insecurity in the Lac province, a group of 400 households (1550 individuals) left the village of Bibi Dar Al-amné, located in the sous-prefecture of Kangalom, preventively, and moved to the site of Killafé (sous-prefecture of Bagasola, department of Kaya).

On 27 January 2022, following an attack carried out on 24 January 2022 by non-state armed groups in the village of Mousseron, an island located in the sous-prefecture of Kangalom (department of Mamdi), a group of 74 households (335 individuals) made up of IDPs left the villages of Madiguirom and Mousseron (sous-prefecture of kangalom) to take refuge in the sites of Kalindoua and Medi koura, located on the mainland in the sous-prefecture of Bol.

On 20, 25, 29 January and 1 February 2022, preventively, 1,060 households of 3,576 IDPs left several villages (Luga, Kangu, Folea, Deguillom, Farguimi, Tchoukoukapi and Mélébouloum), located in the sous-prefecture of Liwa, and moved to the sites of Chité, Fodio, Karimga and Ndjara Killi, (same sous-prefecture).

The objective of the Emergency Tracking Tool (ETT) is to collect information on large and sudden population movements as well as security and climactic emergencies. Information is collected through phone interviews with key informants and direct observation. This report presents the results of an assessment conducted in the field on 22 January 2022 in the Djako site, department of Logone Occidental. 

Due the presence of Non-State Armed Groups (NSAG) and a series of armed attacks, worsening the security situation in the north of the Central African Republic (CAR), 83 households (487 individuals) of Chadian herders who had been living in CAR for more than 30 years, left the sous-prefecture of Bouar (region of Nana Mambéré) in CAR, on 07 october 2021. These people arrived to Chad from the town of Yamba Ngou (commune of Djohong, department of Mberé) in Cameroon where they took refuge after fleeing CAR. They left Yamba Ngou, arriving at the current site in Djako (department of Logone Occidental, province of Lake Wei) in Chad on 23 October 2021. This returnee population, consisting mainly of women and children, travelled to Djako on foot.

On 21 December 2021, following a communal conflict in the Far North region of Cameroon, 104 households (745 individuals), made up of Chadian nationals, left the cantons of Pouce and Maouda (Cameroon), where they had been living for more than 40 years, to take refuge in the locality of Katao (in the sous-préfecture also called Katao, département of Mayo-Mini, province of Mayo-Kebbi Est). These people are being hosted in the building of the sous-préfecture and have received some basic food assistance from the host community. There are urgent needs for food and non-food items (especially blankets, mats, and cooking utensils). This information was gathered through a rapid assessment conducted in the field by IOM and National Commission for the Reception and Reintegration of Refugees (CNARR) teams.

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. This dashboard provides information on displacement which occurred on 13 January 2022 in Massakani, a site in the Lac Province. On 13 January 2022, following an attack carried out by Non-State Armed Groups (NSAGs) in Massakani (sous-prefecture of Liwa) on the night of 12 January, 247 households (1,033 individuals) of IDPs left the site of Massakani and fled to the newly established site, called Merème, located near the site of Amma, in the same sous-prefecture.

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 and direct observation This dashboard provides information on movements which occurred on 22 and 26 November 2021 in two sites of Lac Province.