Protection, Assistance and Durable Solutions for Populations Displaced by Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa This action aims to contribute to alleviating protracted forced displacement in Sub-Saharan Africa by:1.Strengthening resilience and self-reliance of the forcibly displaced populations and host communities, in particular of women, persons with disabilities and children2.Providing inclusive and durable solutions for forcibly displaced populations, in particular of women, persons with disabilities and childrenIn the spirit of responsibility sharing, assistance will include supporting refugees in asylum countries, including by matching the pledges the concerned Governments made at the Global Refugee Forum, for instance on the inclusion of refugees in national and local development plans, and efforts to provide documentation for stateless refugees and their host communities. Assistance will also be provided to create conditions in countries of origin for voluntary return in safety and dignity when the conditions allow.&nbsp;The action will also support protection and durable solutions for IDPs in their own countries. Both in the cases of refugees and IDPs, the action will work with host communities, to seek to balance assistance to both displaced populations and host communities by providing services to both groups, thereby reducing communal tensions, and enhancing social cohesion. This action intends to provide targeted solutions to protracted displacement situations related to (spill-over of) conflicts in CAR, Eastern DRC, coastal West African countries (Benin, Côte d¿Ivoire, Ghana and Togo) and Nigeria, by focusing on refugees, IDPs and refugee returnees, but also host communities. It will provide assistance to CAR refugees in DRC and Chad; DRC refugees in Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda; refugees and IDPs in Benin, Côte d¿Ivoire, Ghana and Togo as a result of the Sahel crisis and its spill-over. It will also provide assistance to IDPs in DRC and in Nigeria.