Togo launches 18 bln CFA emergency plan for Savanes region
Thursday, 26 February 2026 14:47 
(Togo First) - Togo has launched a new response plan for its Emergency Programme for the Savanes Region (PURS), covering 2026–2027, to coordinate humanitarian efforts in the country’s north.
The plan, unveiled on Wednesday in Lomé, is expected to cost 18 billion CFA francs.
It aims to improve coordination, use resources more efficiently and deliver measurable results for displaced people and host communities in the region.
Over the two-year period, more than 430,000 vulnerable people are expected to receive support. Those targeted face risks including gender-based violence, insecurity and poor housing conditions, particularly among displaced households living with already overstretched host families, as well as ongoing shortages of water and sanitation services.
The programme also seeks to strengthen ongoing resilience and livelihood initiatives for displaced people and local communities.
“Its success will depend on our ability to work together, break down sectoral silos and place communities at the centre of our interventions,” said General Dadja Maganawè, national coordinator of PURS.
Nearly 60,000 displaced people from 28 nationalities are expected to benefit from the plan, which is backed by the United Nations in Togo.
“Togo has chosen dignity, social cohesion and inclusion by prioritising an out-of-camp policy that allows refugees to live within host communities,” said Coumba Sow, the U.N. resident coordinator. She reaffirmed the full support of technical and financial partners for the programme and the government.
Togo created PURS after a surge in militant attacks in its northern region beginning in November 2021. The programme was later expanded to support people fleeing similar violence in neighbouring countries.
Esaïe Edoh
