Cameroon: North-West and South-West - Situation Report No. 71 (November 2024)

Highlights

• Over 450 children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM), including 50.6 per cent girls, received lifesaving treatment in partner-supported centres.

• A total of 133 pregnant women received skilled delivery care, including 7 adolescents under 18.

• Some 2,682 people reached with health services through mobile clinics.

• Six attacks on education in the North-West were recorded in November.

• Some 3,970 crisis-affected children received birth certificates.

SITUATION OVERVIEW / HUMANITARIAN ACCESS

The situation in the North-West and South-West (NWSW) regions remains volatile and marked by violence stemming from confrontations between parties to the crisis. The persistent use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in public places and main roadways, coupled with other targeted attacks, continues to affect populations in the two regions.
Increased roadblocks and vehicle movement restrictions in the NWSW regions, including a two-month ban on vehicles moving along the Bamenda-Bali-Mamfe Road in NW have significantly constrained humanitarian access, thereby reducing the operational presence and affecting timely assistance delivery.

Attacks on education personnel persist, with at least six incidents reported, including five incidents of kidnapping and one killing, all in the NW region. Ongoing violence has led to the displacement of over 2,283 persons, (539 households) into nearby bushes, villages, and towns of Donga-Mantung and Mezam divisions in the NW, and Ndian division in the SW. These displacements have left the affected populations highly vulnerable, exposing them to increased protection risks, as they move between their homes and safer locations.