CAR: The Head of the UN Mission in CAR, Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, briefed the Security Council on 6 November, stressing that the security situation in the country remains volatile and the humanitarian situation disastrous.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the World Bank signed a data sharing agreement. This will strengthen existing data collection processes and enhance technical capacity for a comprehensive analysis of the return process and how best to support the reintegration of returnees over time.

Turkish version of the “Searching for Syria” website was launched in cooperation with Google.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply saddened by reports of a new shipwreck in the Bay of Bengal this morning in which at least four Rohingya refugees died when their boat capsized close to the southern Bangladesh shore. Others who were injured have been taken to local hospitals for immediate treatment.

No new acute watery diarrhea (AWD) cases among refugees in White Nile, South Kordofan or East Darfur states.

Development of new refugee camp in White Nile is underway. Aljame’ya refugee camp will house 5,000 households and is planned for completion by mid-January.

In October, the Basic Needs Working Group provided around 5,904,184 US$ worth of regular cash and non-food item (NFIs) to vulnerable beneficiaries from the refugee and host Community.

In Oct, WFP resumed its support to the national school meals programme reaching over 300,000 schoolchildren via date bars and around 25,000 via healthy meals in communities. In addition, WFP reached around 30,000 Syrian school children attending formal education in Za’atri and Azraq camps via date bar and healthy meal distribution

A primary school and health post were inaugurated at the Biringi refugee site and handed over to local authorities to benefit both refugee and host community.

Une école primaire et un poste de santé ont été inaugurés au site de Biringi et remis aux autorités locales au bénéfice des communautés réfugiés et hôte.