Reports

According to data published by the National Council for Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation (CONASUR), 1,882,391 persons have fled their homes seeking safety as of 31 December 2022. Burkina Faso also continued to generously host 34,932 refugees…

NATIONAL SOCIETY PROFILE The Burkinabe Red Cross Society was officially recognized by the Government as a voluntary, autonomous relief society and auxiliary to the public authorities in 1962. It has been a member of the International Federation…

SHCC Attacks on Health Care The section aligns with the definition of attacks on health care used by the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC). Africa Burkina Faso 01 January 2023: In Touka-Bayel village, Seno province, Sahel region, a health…

SG/SM/21660 La déclaration suivante a été communiquée, aujourd’hui, par le Porte-parole de M. António Guterres, Secrétaire général de l’ONU: Le Secrétaire général condamne fermement l’enlèvement d’une cinquantaine de femmes les 12 et 13 janvier 2023, dans les environs…

SG/SM/21660 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres: The Secretary-General strongly condemns the abduction of some 50 women and girls on 12 and 13 January, in the surroundings of Arbinda, in…

GENÈVE (le 16 janvier 2023) – Le Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies aux droits de l’homme Volker Türk a exprimé aujourd’hui son inquiétude face à l’enlèvement d’au moins 50 femmes au Burkina Faso les 12 et 13…

GENEVA (16 January 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today expressed alarm at the abduction of at least 50 women in Burkina Faso on 12 and 13 January and called for their…

Over 40 million people are currently facing starvation in the Sahel, including in Burkina Faso, where conflict is the leading cause of food insecurity. At least 1.7 million people are internally displaced due to the ongoing…

On 11 January, at least 12 civilians were killed in four attacks against villages in the provinces of Seno and Oudalan in the Sahel region. According to ACLED (Armed Conflict Location & Event Data project), 1,411…

HIGHLIGHTS Burkina Faso is the epicentre of a multidimensional humanitarian crisis affecting the Sahel region,3 driven by a combination of factors including armed violence/insecurity spreading to coastal countries; demographic pressures; climate change; and health crises. Insecurity continues…