Burkina Faso
Contexte : Dans la région de l’Est comme dans d’autres localités du pays, les incidents sécuritaires perpétrés par des groupes d’individus armés non identifiés sont de plus en plus récurrents, créant ainsi des Personnes Déplacés Internes…
Burkina Faso
Last year on World Malaria Day, Burkina Faso’s president, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, pledged to eradicate malaria in the country by 2030. While the disease remains one of the country’s most serious public health problems, recent…
Burkina Faso
IDPs are dependent on humanitarian assistance and markets Key Messages The deteriorating security situation has continued to increase the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to 138,000 (OCHA, April 2019). These IDPs are concentrated in the communes of…
Burkina Faso
Messages clés La détérioration de la situation sécuritaire continue d’accroitre le nombre de populations déplacées internes (PDI) qui atteint 138000 (OCHA, avril 2019). Ces PDIs sont concentrées dans les communes de Djibo, Arbinda et Kelbo (province du…
Burkina Faso
‘All I have left now are tears to cry’ Philip Kleinfeld, Journalist covering conflict and humanitarian crises in Central Africa and the Sahel The 23 Fulani captives froze in fear as they sat on a dusty patch of…
Burkina Faso
‘The country has never had to deal with such massive displacement’ Philip Kleinfeld, Freelance journalist and regular IRIN contributor Attacks by Islamist militants, military operations, and waves of inter-communal violence have left hundreds dead and tens of thousands…
Burkina Faso
POINTS SAILLANTS • Le 31 mars 2019, des attaquants armés ont pris d'assaut la ville d'Arbinda, tuant un chef religieux local. Cette attaque a déclenché des affrontements ayant coûté la vie à plus de 60 personnes. • Les…
Burkina Faso
KEY HIGHLIGHTS On 31 March, armed attackers raided Arbinda town, killing a religious leader and igniting clashes that claimed more than 60 lives. Registration is underway to determine the number of people displaced by the violence. On 6 April,…
Burkina Faso
The first two weeks in April have seen a spate of armed attacks, aerial bombings, kidnappings, inter-community violence and an increased climate of fear across Burkina Faso, affecting several regions (Sahel, East, Nord, Centre-Nord, Boucle du…
Burkina Faso
Terre des hommes (Tdh) is implementing IeDA (Integrated e-Diagnostic Approach) - a tablet-based tool that has helped health personnel diagnose 2.2 million children since 2014 in Burkina Faso. This innovative technology contributes to improve the quality…
