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.

Out of the total requested funds (875,481,985 USD) under the refugee component of the inter-agency appeal of 3RP in 2015, 78% have been received.

UNFPA offered full package of contraceptives supplies to the partners providing family planning services for 2016

• WFP and partner REACH completed the first round of Food Security Outcome Monitoring data collection.

In Maban refugee camps, UNHCR and health partners concluded the fourth round of National Immunization Days, reaching 100 percent of children under 5 years.

At Mahad centre, UNHCR and the South Sudanese authorities issued nationality documents to 112 IDPs, as part of a broader project to prevent statelessness.

CAR: the second round of presidential elections and the first round of legislative elections rescheduled for 14 February