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Feb 8, 2024 · February 8, 2024. Last updated: February 8, 2024. Photo: Olympia de Maismont/AFP via Getty Images. At a glance. 6.3 million people in need of humanitarian assistance. 2.1 million people are internally displaced. 46 locations under siege of nonstate armed groups. 40% of people live below the poverty line. Support the IRC’s response.
Feb 22, 2022 · About 60 people were killed and dozens more wounded on Monday in an explosion at an informal gold mining site in southwest Burkina Faso, state television reported, citing local officials. The...
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Apr 26, 2024 · 15 Mar 2024. About 170 people killed in Burkina Faso attacks, regional official says. The West African Sahel nation has been struggling to contain armed groups for a decade. 3 Mar 2024. Dozens...
Jan 17, 2023 · The country was one of the fastest growing displacement crises in the world in 2022. The conflict and chronic vulnerability to droughts and floods have left 2.6 million people severely food insecure (in Integrated Food Security Phase Classification 's Phase 3), a figure that is expected to increase to 3.5 million during the 2023 lean season.
In 2021, Burkina Faso became the region’s hotspot for violence, with a sharp rise in abductions and attacks, such as the attack on Solhan in June in which 160 people were killed. While major ...
Dec 26, 2021 · At least 2,000 people have been killed in the fighting and 1.4 million displaced. Burkina Faso is also facing a political vacuum in the face of the escalating security crisis. Anger at the...
Sep 30, 2022 · 30 Sep 2022. 05:28 PM (GMT) Save articles to read later and create your own reading list. Soldiers are on the streets and heavy gunfire has been heard near the main military camp and residential...
