Country: Benin Source: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Please refer to the attached file. Description of the Event Date when the trigger was met 21-01-2025 What happened, where and when? The growing acts of the security crisis in the Sahel has gradually spread to border countries, including Benin. Benin's northern departments, particularly the Alibori and Atacora departments, have been the scene of multiple attacks that have displaced thousands of people. The situation is punctuated by attacks in various localities and then periods of calm that continuously generate population movements between the various regions and between the border localities of other countries and Benin. Despite the lack of media coverage on the situation and the diculties in accessing information following the attacks due to the security context, the analysis of several sources and information from the Red Cross branches shows a clear deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the northern regions of the country in the last three years. The Red Cross and the authorities are facing a growing crisis, the prolongation of which and the conditions of access and response are generating increasing concern for displaced populations and host populations in the northern areas of the country. • From December 2021 to September 2022, some 43 attacks were recorded in Benin linked to non-state armed groups in these regions, according to the researcher Kars de Bruijne in the newspaper Le Monde [source 1]. During this period, the Red Cross of Benin (BCR) has been monitoring the situation with the authorities. The attacks, initially limited to the W and Pendjari parks, have caused the displacement of 2,284 people to the Atacora in two years. [source 2] • In 2023, the armed raids spread to the neighboring communes of Pendjari and the W parks, causing an attack on displaced people and Togolese and Burkinabe refugees. Between 3 April and 13 May, 28 people were killed, kidnappings were reported, and people were injured. The attacks were mainly concentrated in the communes of Matéri, Tanguiéta, Kérou, Tampassika in the department of Atakora. A total of 6,852 displaced persons (4,267 IDPs & 2,585 refugees) displaced to villages further south in the same communes of Matéri, Tanguiéta and Kérou in the department of Atakora. [source 2] • As of 25 October 2023, BRC data indicated that approximately 13,222 people were displaced in Atacora and 5,837 in Alibori, for a total of 19,059 displaced people. The aected municipalities of Atacora are Cobly, Kérou, Tanguiéta, Matéri, Natitingou and Toucoutouna, while in Alibori, the aected areas are Banikoara, Karimama and Malanville. [source 3_rapport_nal MDRBJ018fr] • Between January and September 2024, 111 violent incidents and 58 social unrests were reported. Incidents include attacks, abductions, enforced disappearances and detentions. • In the last quarter of 2024, several attacks were recorded. A 2024 IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) mapping exercise identied 12,501 internally displaced persons (IDPs), 37% of whom were minors. This gure is in addition to several thousand asylum seekers and internally displaced persons who have not yet been registered from recent attacks. • On January 8, 2025, a large-scale attack targeted a military position located in the strategic area of "Triple Point", on the border between Benin, Niger and Burkina Faso, more precisely in the commune of Banikoara, 699.4 km from Cotonou. According to the Chief of Sta of the National Guard, the group responsible for this attack is one of the best equipped and structured in the region. This incident led to the loss of about 30 members of the defense and security forces (FDS) and caused major forced displacements of the population. The census is still ongoing to assess the extent of displacement and the impact at community level. Faced with this dramatic situation, several calls for national solidarity have emerged. The fear and threats from armed groups have led to a population movement that has now become a growing humanitarian crisis. The regulation of data from the last 3 years shows that the number of displaced people has increased from 2,284 people in 2021 to nearly 13,000 in 2024, not including those displaced by recent attacks and areas with access diculties. The toll of material and human losses in several localities is also pushing hundreds of households to desert their places of origin, also impacting production and the local economy for displaced people and host communities. The local authorities have approached the Red Cross for humanitarian support in the dierent phases of the crisis and following the events of 2025. Movement partners alongside with the Benin Red Cross have been active in the concerned departments for several years, but the new waves of displacement between the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025 require an assessment of the situation and a reinforcement of humanitarian support. On 21 January 2025, the Red Cross of Benin called for a meeting of the Movement's partners (ICRC, IFRC, Swiss, Luxembourg and Flanders Red Cross Societies) to discuss the Movement's approach to the situation and its humanitarian development. However, the censuses are still ongoing. The information gap on the situation and the limitations of current humanitarian action are restricting planning capacity. More data is needed to ensure holistic planning. The need for an evaluation was unanimously expressed. This DREF allocation will contribute to data collection eorts that will make it possible to clarify the situation and the priorities for geographical and sectoral intervention. This allocation will cover a multi-sectoral assessment of the situation with a view to developing a comprehensive humanitarian preparedness and response plan.

Country: Benin Source: World Food Programme Please refer to the attached file. In Numbers 16,400 mt of food to be distributed under the National Integrated School Feeding Programme (PNASI) during the first quarter of 2023-2024 academic year. US$ 1.7 million net funding requirements for the next six months (October 2023-March 2024). Operational Updates: • Over 12,400 people have been internally displaced (IDPs) in Atacora and Alibori departments, north of Benin. Field assessments and analysis reveal that refugees, asylum seekers, and internally displaced people’s (IDP’s) immediate needs are food, health care, education, and shelter. School Meals Programme: • WFP is facing challenges in accessing Dangbo and Adjohoun districts in Ouémé department and Malanville and Karimama districts in Alibori department for food delivery, due to flooding. • WFP has successfully advanced with the programmatic arrangements to resume the school feeding when the new academic year 2023/2024 commences in September. • WFP trained over 600 staff members including staff from cooperating partners, for the schools connect project with support from Headquarters and the Regional Bureau in Dakar (RBD). Emergency Response: • In response to the situation in the north, WFP is working with Caritas Benin and UNHCR to distribute cash to refugees and IDPs. WFP and its partners distribute codes to beneficiaries who do not have identity cards to allow them to receive assistance as they cannot have a mobile money account without identity cards. Nutrition: • Social mobilization workshops involving nutrition community workers are ongoing in Atacora and Alibori, north of Benin. • The school meals programme resumed training of cooks for the new academic year 2023 -2024 and 120 cooks in Banikoara of the Alibori department have so far been trained on good practices of food preparation and food hygiene.

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