A High Level Conference on the Lake Chad Region is taking place in Berlin, Germany, 3-4 September. Africa’s Lake Chad region, which includes parts of Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon, is facing a massive humanitarian crisis driven by poverty, climate change and conflict.
Caritas is launching an emergency appeal as thousands of refugees flee violence in Cameroon in an under-reported humanitarian crisis.
More than 25,000 refugees have travelled across the border from Cameroon to Nigeria and dozens continue to arrive every week.
Elvine, 37, paid 6,000 Euro to people smugglers to make the tough journey through the desert from Cameroon to Libya, passing through Chad, Niger, Mali and Libya. She was heading for Tripoli where a family friend had offered to give her refuge.