A site has been allocated for construction of 500 new plots in order for UNHCR/PWJ to extend Domiz-2 camp.

On 17 January, the Ibrahim Khalil border crossing point was re-opened for civilian and commercial crossings.

CAR: the Common Humanitarian Fund releases $9 million to respond to urgent needs

RCA : le Fonds commun humanitaire alloue 9 millions de dollars pour répondre aux besoins urgents

Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic: four thousand persons homeless following an accidental fire in the camp

Kaga-Bandoro, République Centrafricaine : quatre milles personnes sans-abri suite à un incendie accidentel au camp

Addis Ababa: donors at the African Union summit pledged on Monday $250 million (229 million euros) to fight Boko Haram. Nigeria will contribute $110 million.

In Yida, UNHCR registered 977 new arrivals from Sudan’s South Kordofan State in January 2016 and relocated 848 of them to Ajuong Thok camp.

In Maban, UNHCR registered 119 new arrivals from Sudan’s Blue Nile State and reactivated 894 individuals who missed biometric verification in 2015.

On the 5th of January 2016 UNHCR and The Ministry of Health (MOH) in Egypt signed an agreement today on enhancing access of Persons of Concern to UNHCR to public primary health care and referral curative care services. The agreement between UNHCR and The Ministry of Health in Egypt aims at providing an extensive access to all refugees and asylum-seekers registered with UNHCR in Egypt to primary health care and public hospitals in the areas of high concentration of refugees.