Hurricane Matthew, a Category 4 hurricane, struck Haiti on 4 October 2016, causing hundreds of deaths, widespread damage, flooding, and displacement. The hurricane resulted in the largest humanitarian crisis in Haiti since the 2010 earthquake. Among the 2.1 million people who were affected, nearly 1.4 million were in need of some kind of humanitarian assistance.

At WFP's request, in February 2017, the Government of Luxembourg deployed one emergency.lu regular deployment kit to Maiduguri, providing internet services to the humanitarian community in the IHP base camp.