In a recent review of the humanitarian situation in the Far North region, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that “since the beginning of July, water levels have been gradually rising in the region.
Be it in the Yagoua, Vélé and Kaï-Kaï subdivisions of the Mayo-Danay division, and in that of Blangoua, Zina and Logone Birni in the Logone and Chari division, water level has continually been rising leading to the destruction of crops. Citing data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, OCHA reported that “337 hectares of rice fields in 12 villages in Maga arrondissement, Mayo-Danay department, and 1,340 hectares of rice, sorghum, maize and okra fields in Zina arrondissement, Logone et Chari division, were affected”.
According to the OCHA report, between 11 and 13 August, the town of Mourla in the Mayo Danay division recorded the arrival of some 2,400 Chadians on the run from the floods in their country. Cameroon and Chad are separated in this area by the Logone River, which floods every year during the rainy season. People fled from Chad after a dam burst on 10 October.
Between the 15th and 21st of September, this specialised UN agency recorded more than “90 houses that were partially or totally destroyed and about 25 households that were left homeless and are staying with close relatives”.
