Thu 06 Apr 2023:
In order to meet the needs of the millions of Burkinabes who will require humanitarian assistance this year, the UN and its partners have announced a $877 million response plan.
The UN stated in a statement that the money will aid approximately 3.1 million people during the worst humanitarian crisis in the nation’s history.
A fifth of the country’s population, or at least 4.7 million people, will require humanitarian assistance this year as the nation struggles with insecurity, according to the UN.
“The humanitarian situation in Burkina Faso in 2023 is more worrying than ever,” said Abdouraouf Gnon-Konde, the top UN aid official in the country.
“In line with humanitarian principles, our sole objective is to provide assistance to vulnerable civilians based on their needs, wherever they are.” Half of those in need are children. He said
Burkina Faso has been struggling with an insurgency that has spread from neighboring Mali over the past decade.
The country has been ranked most affected by terrorism on the continent and the second most affected worldwide in 2022, according to the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) 2023, a report published by the Australia-based Global Institute for Economics and Peace that was released last week.
Nearly two million people have been expelled from their homes as a result of armed group activity and military operations.
According to the UN, political unrest, human rights violations, and growing needs and vulnerabilities have all grown since last year.
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