Reports

In Numbers 592 mt of food assistance distributed US$700,000 cash-based transfers made US$ 5.5 m six months net funding requirements (January-June 2019), representing 7% of total 89,300 people assisted in December 2018 Operational Updates Assistance to Malian refugees: On 26 and 28…

At least 49 people have been killed following an attack on 1 January 2019 in Yirgou and a string of retaliations by the armed group Ansaroul Islam and Koglweogo autodefence groups in surrounding villages in the…

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Above-average harvest gathered in 2018 Strong economic growth rate and declining inflation rate Prices of coarse grains declining in most markets Food assistance to be continued for people affected by insecurity Above-average harvest gathered in 2018 Harvesting activities of…

Armed attacks and persistent insecurity in the Sahel, Nord and Est regions of Burkina Faso, continue to exacerbate humanitarian needs. Since the beginning of 2019, the number of internally displaced people has significantly increased. Over 28 000…

BALTIMORE, Jan. 17, 2019—Insufficient rainfall that led to failed harvests in 2017 and 2018, along with ongoing pockets of conflict and insecurity in West Africa, has caused spikes in the prices of staple cereals and left…

While much attention has focused on Burkina’s north and, more recently, east, insecurity has been brewing in the country’s southwestern regions, bordering the Ivory Coast, Mali, and Ghana. In the aftermath of several high-profile attacks in the…

Africa Burkina Faso 15 December 2018: On the road between Ouagadougou and BoboDioulasso, a Canadian aid worker traveling to Togo for a humanitarian project with the organisation Zion’Gaia went missing. No further details specified. Source: aOuaga Burundi 24 December 2018: In…

“The country has never experienced what it is going through now” It is part of one of the most important nature reserves in West Africa, home to endangered lions, cheetahs, and elephants, attracting tourists from around the…

Contexte À la suite d’une irruption de groupes armés non identifiés dans le village de Léli (commune de Gorgadji, province du Séno) le 05 Janvier dernier, une alerte du RRM a fait état d’un déplacement important de…

Ce rapport est élaboré par OCHA pour le compte du Bureau de la Coordonnatrice Résidente du système des Nations Unies, en étroite collaboration avec le Gouvernement du Burkina Faso et la contribution des personnes ressources de…