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Children sleep in an Internally Displaced Peoples (IDP) camp in Liton, Central African Republic, 10 February 2021. Cases of malnutrition, malaria and diarrhea have increased in the health center located by the site. More cases of children coming with multiple diseases at once are also noticeable. The Central African Republic has extended the current state of emergency for six months as the fight against a coalition of rebel groups continues. The IDPs have been given food aid by the organisation PAM once, and non-food items by Action Contre la Faim. More international organisations are waiting for possibilities of actions but even though Liton is only 22 kilometers away from Bangui they haven't been able to reach due to security concerns. Some 2,559 people have been displaced in the village of Liton, in the Central African Republic since mid-January. More than 240,000 people have left their homes, to take refuge in neighbouring countries, or inside the Central African Republic since 15 December 2020 according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). (Photo by Adrienne Surprenant/EPA/EFE)
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