Cameroon: UNHCR warns Lake Chad Basin at tipping point as violence and displacement surge

Countries: Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees This is a summary of what was said by Andrew Wyllie, UNHCR Deputy Director for the West and Central Africa Bureau – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 3 July 2026 GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed that escalating violence across the Lake Chad Basin is driving a sharp increase in forced displacement and insecurity, threatening to r