Cameroon seeks at least FCFA244bn to meet humanitarian needs in 2023

Cameroon’s Minister of Territorial Administration, Paul Atanga Nji has revealed that the government needs FCFA244.43 billion (about $407.3 million) to meet the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) 2023. During the plan’s presentation in Yaounde last week,, the official said assistance will be provided to nearly 2.7 million people over the year. About 1.7 million of the beneficiaries are people affected by the security crisis in the North-West and South-West regions (NOSO), according to a report published in February by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The increasing attacks by Boko Haram in the Far North region have…