Country: Cameroon Source: UN Children's Fund Please refer to the attached file. Highlights Cameroon continued to face a complex humanitarian situation during the first half of 2026, driven by protracted conflict in…
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Country: Cameroon
Source: UN Children's Fund
Please refer to the attached file.
Highlights
Cameroon continued to face a complex humanitarian situation during the first half of 2026, driven by protracted conflict in the North-West and South-West, insecurity in the Far North, the cholera outbreak and climate-related shocks. These overlapping crises continued to expose millions of children and vulnerable families.
UNICEF and partners sustained an integrated humanitarian response, expanding access to health, nutrition, education, child protection and WASH services while strengthening community engagement, accountability to affected populations, social cohesion, and outbreak preparedness despite persistent insecurity and humanitarian access constraints.
Humanitarian funding increased to US$4.9 million, reducing the 2026 Humanitarian Action for Children funding gap from US$52.3 million (97 per cent) to US$48.9 million (91 per cent). Despite this progress, critical funding shortages continue to constrain the scale-up of life-saving assistance.
SITUATION OVERVIEW AND HUMANITARIAN NEEDS
During the first half of 2026, Cameroon continued to face multiple and overlapping humanitarian crises driven by protracted conflict, population displacement, public health emergencies, climate-related shocks and recurrent localized disasters. The crises in the North- West and South-West (NWSW) regions and insecurity in the Lake Chad Basin (LCB) continued to affect children, women and vulnerable communities, limiting access to essential services, disrupting livelihoods and increasing protection risks.
The humanitarian situation further deteriorated during the second quarter with the emergence of a cholera outbreak in the Far North Region, affecting the health districts of Fotokol, Mada, Makary,
Kolofata., Maroua III and Kousseri. The outbreak occurred within a broader regional context, with neighbouring Chad and Nigeria simultaneously responding to cholera outbreaks, increasing the risk of cross-border transmission in this highly mobile border area.
Limited access to safe water and sanitation, poor hygiene conditions, seasonal flooding, population movements and weak health systems continued to fuel transmission and complicate response efforts. At the same time, Cameroon continued responding to Mpox and yellow fever outbreaks, further stretching already fragile health systems.
Across crisis-affected regions, children remained exposed to heightened risks of acute malnutrition, communicable diseases, violence, family separation, psychosocial distress and prolonged disruption of education. In the Far North, insecurity, recurrent attacks, climate shocks, food insecurity and cross-border population movements continued to undermine livelihoods and access to health, nutrition, WASH, education and child protection services. On July 2026, new displacement alert reported that approximately 100 households (600 people) had settled in a spontaneous emergency site in Andilbine 2, Makary, following repeated incursions by nonstate armed groups in the localities of Nage and Kimbelo, Hile Alifa.
Fires affecting internally displaced communities in Kolofata further increased humanitarian needs during the reporting period. In the NWSW regions, persistent insecurity continued to restrict humanitarian access and the delivery of essential services, particularly in hard-to-reach communities.
Despite continued humanitarian response efforts, needs consistently outpaced available resources. Persistent insecurity, access constraints, weak infrastructure, recurrent displacement and critical funding shortfalls continued to limit the scale and continuity of assistance. Additional flexible funding is urgently required to sustain integrated life-saving interventions, contain disease outbreaks including cholera, strengthen preparedness and cross-border coordination, and ensure that vulnerable children and their families receive timely, equitable and resilient support across Cameroon.
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