Afghanistan: The humanitarian situation in Kunduz is deteriorating as fighting for control of the city continues. Aid organisations have withdrawn, after a Médecins Sans Frontières hospital was bombed in an airstrike, killing 22 and injuring 37.
Burundi: At least eight civilians were killed in Bujumbura over the weekend as political violence persists, and people continue to flee. Some 128,000 people are reliant on food assistance: in some of the areas affected by insecurity, food prices are up to 95% higher than average.
DRC: The number of cholera cases has been increasing rapidly since mid-August: 693 new cases reported over 7–13 September, four times the number reported in the last week of August. 800 new cholera cases have been reported in Kindu health zone in Maniema since mid-September (14-23 September). Katanga’s measles epidemic persists, with 1,200 new cases reported 21–27 September.
Nigeria: Despite advances by the military in northeastern Nigeria, Boko Haram has carried out several attacks in Borno’s capital Maiduguri and in Adamawa over the past week; the number of casualties is unknown. Boko Haram has also claimed responsibility for bomb blasts on the outskirts of Abuja, which killed 18 people and injured 41.
Updated: 06/10/2015. Next update 13/10/2015.
