Djibo: Life Under Blockade

May 8, 2023

Burkina Faso is experiencing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis that has seen 1.99 million internally displaced people flee violence perpetrated by jihadist groups (OCHA, 31 March 2023). The northern town of Djibo has now been under blockade by non-state armed groups...

Burkina Faso: MSF condemns the brutal and deliberate killing of two staff members

February 9, 2023

8 February 2023 - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) condemns in the strongest terms the murder of two of its employees in the Boucle du Mouhoun region, in northwestern Burkina Faso. The organisation is suspending its medical activities in the Boucle...

Out of sight, people suffer from rise in violence in eastern Burkina Faso

June 5, 2020

Op-ed by Abdallah Hussein, MSF head of mission in Burkina Faso While COVID-19 makes headlines around the world, less visible humanitarian crises continue to deteriorate. In the villages of Burkina Faso’s eastern region, killings, abductions and looting are now a regular occurrence. This...

Burkina Faso: Four questions on the unprecedented humanitarian emergency in Burkina Faso

March 20, 2020

Isabelle Defourny, MSF Director of Operations, was recently in Burkina Faso and raises the alarm on the humanitarian situation in the most conflict-affected areas of the country. 1. What’s the extent of the humanitarian crisis and violence in Burkina Faso? The first...

Burkina Faso: Security and living conditions have deteriorated at ‘blistering speed’ for over 750,000 people

February 24, 2020

Burkina Faso faced increased levels of violence in 2019, leading to an exponential growth of population displacement throughout the year. The number of internally displaced people has grown from an estimated 47,000 people in December 2018 to over 765,000 in...