Latest updates on country situation
07 July 2025
Around 2,400 Nigerians – over 70% of them children – have fled to Alibori department in northern Benin after civilians were killed by non-state armed groups in Niger’s Dosso region. The influx adds to an already fragile context, with over 26,000 Burkinabe refugees and 13,000 IDPs in the north. (ECHO accessed 03/07/2025)
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BEN002 - Conflict in northern region of Benin
Last updated 29/07/2025
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Conflict/ Violence
Crisis level
Country
Severity level
2.3 Medium
Access constraints
1.0
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Benin
07 February 2025
Benin: Conflict in Alibori and Atacora
DOCUMENT / PDF / 677 KB
In January 2025, violence in northern Benin continued to escalate, with recent attacks by Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) in the border area between Benin, Burkina Faso, and Niger underscoring persistent insecurity.
30 November 2018
Migration in West and North Africa
DOCUMENT / PDF / 855 KB
These scenarios consider how migration dynamics within and via West and North Africa (including across the Mediterranean Sea) might evolve in the first half of 2019 and the potential humanitarian consequences. The aim is to support strategic planning, create awareness and promote preparedness activities for policymakers and other actors working on migration.