UN warns of growing humanitarian crisis in Africa’s Sahel as extremist attacks rise
5 years, 4 months ago

UN warns of growing humanitarian crisis in Africa’s Sahel as extremist attacks rise

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Once we get food then we will worry about clothes.” The UN on Tuesday said a humanitarian crisis is growing in West Africa's arid Sahel region where insecurity linked to growing extremist attacks has forced more than 860,000 people in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to flee their homes. Nearly half a million people have been displaced this year in Burkina Faso alone as the landlocked country becomes the new hunting ground for extremists linked to the Islamic State group and al-Qaeda. “A dramatic human crisis is unfolding in Burkina Faso that has disrupted the lives of millions,” the WFP's executive director, David Beasley, said in a statement. open image in gallery Sahel soldiers stand near the border of Mali to defend remote villages against jihadists “The main trigger here is conflict,” Fominyen said.

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UN agency warns of impact on migrants as US cuts force shutdowns
1 week, 2 days ago

UN agency warns of impact on migrants as US cuts force shutdowns

Hindustan Times  

By Emma Farge UN agency warns of impact on migrants as US cuts force shutdowns GENEVA -The U.N. migration agency said on Tuesday that unprecedented cuts in donor funding this year will force it to scale back or shut down projects around the world, resulting in a severe impact on migrants. This would mean scaling back or ending projects affecting …

UN: Sudan war is world’s worst humanitarian crisis: 30 million need aid, 16 million of them kids
2 weeks ago

UN: Sudan war is world’s worst humanitarian crisis: 30 million need aid, 16 million of them kids

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The war in Sudan has created the world’s largest and most devastating humanitarian crisis with over 30 million people needing aid this year, 16 million of them children trying to survive in dire conditions, the head of the U.N. children’s agency said Thursday. With no end in sight to the nearly two-year conflict, Catherine Russell told the …

Sudan scene of world’s worst humanitarian crisis: African Union
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Sudan scene of world’s worst humanitarian crisis: African Union

Al Jazeera  

Conflict hampering delivery of aid to a population suffering attacks and threat of famine. The civil war in Sudan has created the “worst humanitarian crisis in the world”, the African Union has warned. The war “has hampered access to humanitarian relief, led to shortage of food and aggravated hunger”, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, chairperson of the AU High Level Panel on …

West Africa’s junta-led nations announce deployment of a joint force as extremist violence spikes
2 months ago

West Africa’s junta-led nations announce deployment of a joint force as extremist violence spikes

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — The junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force that will soon be deployed in the restive Sahel region against rising extremist violence, Niger’s defense minister said Wednesday, The force of 5,000 personnel will be posted in the three countries, Salifou Mody said during an interview on state television, adding …

They fled violence; now the government in Burkina Faso tries to hide their existence
2 months, 2 weeks ago

They fled violence; now the government in Burkina Faso tries to hide their existence

The Hindu  

Their loved ones were slaughtered by Islamic extremists or government-affiliated fighters. This is the reality for over 2.1 million displaced people across the West African nation of Burkina Faso, torn apart by years of extreme violence. But unlike others displaced in the region, they are seen as a challenge to Burkina Faso’s military junta that took power two years ago …

They fled from extremists. Now the government in Burkina Faso tries to hide their existence
2 months, 3 weeks ago

They fled from extremists. Now the government in Burkina Faso tries to hide their existence

Associated Press  

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Their loved ones were slaughtered by Islamist extremists or government-affiliated fighters. But unlike others displaced in the region, they are seen as a challenge to Burkina Faso’s military junta that took power two years ago on the pledge of bringing stability. One aid worker, speaking like others on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation, described …

UN food agency says 40 million people are struggling to feed themselves in West and Central Africa
3 months, 1 week ago

UN food agency says 40 million people are struggling to feed themselves in West and Central Africa

The Independent  

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Burkina Faso plunges into civil war as strategy to hire civilian militia backfires
3 months, 1 week ago

Burkina Faso plunges into civil war as strategy to hire civilian militia backfires

Firstpost  

Ibrahim Traoré took power in a 2022 coup, the country has been embroiled in an escalating war against Islamic insurgents, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths and nearly 3 million people displaced, according to a report Burkina Faso, once known for its tolerance and peaceful interethnic relations, is now at the centre of one of West Africa’s deadliest conflicts. …

UN investigates sexual exploitation allegations against aid workers in Chad following AP story
4 months ago

UN investigates sexual exploitation allegations against aid workers in Chad following AP story

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — The United Nations in Chad has launched an internal investigation, following an Associated Press report on allegations of sexual exploitation of Sudanese refugees, which included aid workers. Earlier this month, the AP reported accusations by some Sudanese women and girls that men, including those meant to protect them such as humanitarian workers and local security forces, had …

Armed groups with links to ISIL, al-Qaeda terrorising Burkina Faso: HRW
6 months, 1 week ago

Armed groups with links to ISIL, al-Qaeda terrorising Burkina Faso: HRW

Al Jazeera  

Groups with links to al-Qaeda and ISIL are accused of ‘massacring villagers, displaced people, and Christian worshippers’. Armed groups with links to al-Qaeda and ISIL have escalated attacks on civilians in Burkina Faso, Human Rights Watch has said in a report. Publishing the report on Wednesday, the NGO documented the killing of at least 128 civilians in seven attacks by …

UN warns some 2.5 million Sudanese risk famine without more donations
6 months, 2 weeks ago

UN warns some 2.5 million Sudanese risk famine without more donations

The Independent  

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Burkina Faso massacre: Al-Qaida group kills more than 100 people in one of the worst jihadi attacks
7 months ago

Burkina Faso massacre: Al-Qaida group kills more than 100 people in one of the worst jihadi attacks

India TV News  

Abuja: At least 100 villagers and soldiers were killed in central Burkina Faso during a weekend attack on a village by al-Qaida-linked jihadis, according to videos of the violence analyzed by a regional specialist, who described the assault as one of the deadliest this year in the conflict-battered West African nation. Villagers in the Barsalogho commune, which is 80 kilometres …

At least 100 people killed in central Burkina Faso in latest jihadi attack
7 months ago

At least 100 people killed in central Burkina Faso in latest jihadi attack

Associated Press  

ABUJA, Nigeria — At least 100 villagers and soldiers were killed in central Burkina Faso during a weekend attack on a village by al-Qaida-linked jihadis, according to videos of the violence analyzed by a regional specialist, who described the assault as one of the deadliest this year in the conflict-battered West African nation. Villagers in the Barsalogho commune, which is …

Up to 200 people killed in attack in central Burkina Faso
7 months ago

Up to 200 people killed in attack in central Burkina Faso

Al Jazeera  

An armed group linked to al-Qaeda, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, has claimed responsibility for what it says was an attack that killed up to 200 people and injured at least 140 in central Burkina Faso. Haque noted that the Burkina Faso army knew on Friday that an attack was going to happen and called on the population to dig trenches. …

Terrorism and organized crime rampant in Sahel and spilling into West Africa coastal states, UN says
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Terrorism and organized crime rampant in Sahel and spilling into West Africa coastal states, UN says

The Independent  

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Terrorism and organized crime rampant in Sahel and spilling into West Africa coastal states, UN says
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Terrorism and organized crime rampant in Sahel and spilling into West Africa coastal states, UN says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Terrorism and organized crime by violent extremist groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State are a “pervasive threat” in Africa’s volatile Sahel region and are spilling over to West Africa’s coastal countries, the top U.N. envoy for the area warned Friday. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield expressed support for ECOWAS and U.N. efforts in West Africa and the …

Tensions bubble as Sudanese refugees feel resentment from Chadian hosts
9 months, 1 week ago

Tensions bubble as Sudanese refugees feel resentment from Chadian hosts

Al Jazeera  

Some 600,000 Sudanese are seeking safety in Chad, but host communities are blaming them for using up scarce resources. “There’s hardly any water for us.” On the other hand, Sudanese refugees say they are often attacked by Chadians when they leave their refugee camp to find water or gather firewood for cooking fires in the camp, according to Salwa Malik, …

Al-Qaeda affiliate claims responsibility for June attack in Burkina Faso
9 months, 1 week ago

Al-Qaeda affiliate claims responsibility for June attack in Burkina Faso

Al Jazeera  

The attack on June 11 was one of the deadliest suffered by the West African nation’s army. An armed group linked to al-Qaeda, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, has claimed responsibility for what it said was an attack on June 11 that killed more than 100 Burkina Faso soldiers in the Mansila area near the border with Niger, the SITE Intelligence …

The forgotten crisis in Burkina Faso
9 months, 3 weeks ago

The forgotten crisis in Burkina Faso

Al Jazeera  

Kongoussi, Burkina Faso – The refugee crisis in Burkina Faso, which has been engulfed in conflict since 2019, is the deepest of a number of neglected crises across Africa, according to a new report. With a record-high 707,000 new displacements within the country’s borders, the humanitarian crisis in Burkina Faso continued unabated in 2023, while hundreds of thousands of people …

‘Hell on Earth’ as violence escalates in Sudan’s el-Fasher
10 months, 1 week ago

‘Hell on Earth’ as violence escalates in Sudan’s el-Fasher

Al Jazeera  

UN says it has received only 12 percent of funds sought for war-wracked Sudan as ‘famine is closing in’. The United Nations human rights chief has expressed horror over the escalating violence in Sudan’s North Darfur region as a top humanitarian official described the worsening situation on the ground as “hell of Earth”. Hundreds of thousands of displaced people are …

Families of the victims of attacks on displaced people in Congo mourn their dead
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Families of the victims of attacks on displaced people in Congo mourn their dead

The Independent  

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Burkina Faso says HRW massacre accusations ‘baseless’
11 months ago

Burkina Faso says HRW massacre accusations ‘baseless’

Al Jazeera  

A Human Rights Watch report on Thursday accused the military of executing residents in Nodin and Soro, including at least 56 children. Burkina Faso has said a Human Rights Watch report alleging that soldiers killed at least 223 villagers in two attacks on February 25 made “baseless accusations”. “The government of Burkina Faso strongly rejects and condemns such baseless accusations,” …

Burkina Faso's security forces are killing more civilians. Survivors detailed 1 village's massacre
1 year ago

Burkina Faso's security forces are killing more civilians. Survivors detailed 1 village's massacre

The Independent  

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Burkina Faso’s security forces are killing more civilians. Survivors detailed 1 village’s massacre
1 year ago

Burkina Faso’s security forces are killing more civilians. Survivors detailed 1 village’s massacre

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — Women slain with babies wrapped against their bodies, lifeless children intertwined together, a 2-month-old face-up on the ground with puppies crawling on his tiny frame. The images the man sent AP and the interviews with the three survivors are rare firsthand accounts amid a stark increase in civilian killings by Burkina Faso’s security forces as the junta …

Burkina Faso's security forces are killing more civilians. Survivors detailed 1 village's massacre
1 year ago

Burkina Faso's security forces are killing more civilians. Survivors detailed 1 village's massacre

The Independent  

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Burkina Faso’s security forces are killing more civilians. Survivors detailed 1 village’s massacre
1 year ago

Burkina Faso’s security forces are killing more civilians. Survivors detailed 1 village’s massacre

LA Times  

A mural in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Three survivors of an attack in Zaongo, central Burkina Faso, told AP that dozens of people were killed in their village on Nov. 5 when security forces attacked. The images the man sent AP and the interviews with the three survivors are rare firsthand accounts amid a stark increase in civilian killings by Burkina …

Sudan is on course to become the world's worst hunger crisis, with children already dying, UN says
1 year ago

Sudan is on course to become the world's worst hunger crisis, with children already dying, UN says

The Independent  

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UN reports a 35% increase in people affected by violence in South Sudan
1 year ago

UN reports a 35% increase in people affected by violence in South Sudan

Associated Press  

JUBA, South Sudan — The number of people affected by violence in South Sudan surged by 35% in the last three months of 2023, the United Nations reported. The U.N. Mission in South Sudan, or UNMISS, documented 233 incidents of violence affecting 862 people. The head of UNMISS, Nicholas Haysom, said it is “doing all it can to prevent violence …

Congo faces unprecedented crisis as violence displaces 250,000 in the last month, a UN official says
1 year ago

Congo faces unprecedented crisis as violence displaces 250,000 in the last month, a UN official says

Associated Press  

GOMA, Congo — Escalating violence in Congo’s eastern region has displaced at least 250,000 people in the last month, a senior United Nations official said Wednesday, describing the situation as an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. Amid intensified fighting with security forces, the M23 rebel group — the most dominant in the region with alleged links to neighboring Rwanda — has continued …

4 million people face ‘acute food insecurity’ in troubled Haiti, says UN food agency official
1 year ago

4 million people face ‘acute food insecurity’ in troubled Haiti, says UN food agency official

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Four million people face “acute food insecurity” and one million of them are one step away from famine, the U.N. food agency’s director in the conflict-wracked Caribbean nation said Tuesday. A WFP survey found that as prices go up household incomes are going down because people can’t go to work, are “sheltering in place,” and aren’t earning …

UN raises alert for 780,000 people displaced in Mozambique, most due to violence in north
1 year ago

UN raises alert for 780,000 people displaced in Mozambique, most due to violence in north

Associated Press  

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The United Nations’ refugee chief raised a new alert Thursday over 780,000 displaced people in Mozambique, the vast majority of them because of a seven-year insurgency by a jihadi group that has thrown the north of the country into turmoil. Filippo Grandi, the U.N.'s high commissioner for refugees, was on a visit to Mozambique’s northern …

Sudan war threatens ‘world’s largest hunger crisis’: WFP
1 year ago

Sudan war threatens ‘world’s largest hunger crisis’: WFP

Al Jazeera  

Warring generals leave at least 25 million people facing food insecurity, with humanitarian response at ‘breaking point’. The war in Sudan threatens to trigger “the world’s largest hunger crisis”, a United Nations agency has warned. The World Food Programme said on Wednesday that more than 25 million people scattered across Sudan, South Sudan and Chad are “trapped in a spiral” …

About 170 people killed in Burkina Faso attacks, regional official says
1 year ago

About 170 people killed in Burkina Faso attacks, regional official says

Al Jazeera  

The West African nation has been struggling to contain armed groups for a decade. About 170 people were killed in attacks on three villages in northern Burkina Faso a week ago, a regional prosecutor has said, as violence flares in the country. Aly Benjamin Coulibaly said in a statement on Sunday that he had received reports of the attacks on …

UN chief urges all nations to do everything possible to stop the 'horrible' war in Sudan
1 year, 1 month ago

UN chief urges all nations to do everything possible to stop the 'horrible' war in Sudan

The Independent  

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UN warns nearly 50 million people could face hunger next year in West and Central Africa
1 year, 3 months ago

UN warns nearly 50 million people could face hunger next year in West and Central Africa

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — The United Nations warned on Tuesday that hunger could surge across West and Central Africa next year, primarily driven by violence in the conflict-riddled region. Nearly 50 million people could face food insecurity and more than 2.5 million will be on the brink of starvation, said officials from the U.N., the Food and Agriculture Organization, regional and …

UN warns food aid for 1.4 million refugees in Chad could end over limited funding
1 year, 4 months ago

UN warns food aid for 1.4 million refugees in Chad could end over limited funding

Associated Press  

ABUJA, Nigeria — Food assistance to 1.4 million refugees in Chad who fled the conflict in parts of the Sahel could end because of limited funding, the United Nations food agency warned Tuesday. The WFP said that malnutrition is a major concern, with nine in 10 new arrivals reporting “poor or borderline food consumption.” Honnorat said the WFP urgently needs …

Food aid for 1.4 million people in Chad to ‘grind to a halt’ soon, WFP says
1 year, 4 months ago

Food aid for 1.4 million people in Chad to ‘grind to a halt’ soon, WFP says

Al Jazeera  

Food aid is due to stop in January in a country taking in hundreds of thousands of refugees from Sudan’s war. The United Nations World Food Programme says food aid to 1.4 million people in Chad, including newly arrived refugees fleeing violence in Sudan’s Darfur region, will end in January because of a shortage of funds. More than 540,000 refugees …

UN calls for investigation into Burkina Faso 'mass killings'
1 year, 4 months ago

UN calls for investigation into Burkina Faso 'mass killings'

Firstpost  

Burkina Faso’s state prosecutor said Monday that more than 70 people had been killed in an attack on November 5 in the town of Zaongo in the central north of the country and that most of them were children and elderly people The United Nations called Wednesday for an independent investigation into “mass killings” in Burkina Faso this month that …

Over half of Sudan’s population needs humanitarian aid after nearly 7 months of war, UN says
1 year, 4 months ago

Over half of Sudan’s population needs humanitarian aid after nearly 7 months of war, UN says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Almost seven months of war between Sudan’s military and a powerful paramilitary group have left a wave of destruction with over half the population in need of humanitarian aid and raised fears of a repeat of the deadly ethnic conflict in Darfur 20 years ago. “What is happening is verging on pure evil,” the United Nations humanitarian …

UN aid chief says six months of war in Sudan has killed 9,000 people
1 year, 5 months ago

UN aid chief says six months of war in Sudan has killed 9,000 people

The Independent  

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Burkina Faso: More than 50 security forces killed, dozens wounded by jihadis as violence inches closer to capital
1 year, 6 months ago

Burkina Faso: More than 50 security forces killed, dozens wounded by jihadis as violence inches closer to capital

Firstpost  

Several dozen of the Islamic militants also were killed, as part of an operation to try push back the jihadis from Koumbri so that displaced people could return, the army said. Over 50 security forces lost their lives and many others sustained injuries in a fierce clash with jihadists in northern Burkina Faso, the army said. The number of civilians …

4.8 mln people displaced by Sudan conflict: UN agency
1 year, 6 months ago

4.8 mln people displaced by Sudan conflict: UN agency

China Daily  

This photo taken on Aug 26, 2023 shows clouds of smoke rising from a post belonging to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces after a drone attack launched by the Sudanese Armed Forces, in Khartoum, Sudan. KHARTOUM - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on Monday said about 4.8 million people have been displaced inside and outside …

The conflict in Sudan is fueling a humanitarian emergency of ‘epic proportions,’ UN aid chief says
1 year, 7 months ago

The conflict in Sudan is fueling a humanitarian emergency of ‘epic proportions,’ UN aid chief says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The conflict in Sudan is fueling “a humanitarian emergency of epic proportions” that threatens the entire country, the U.N. humanitarian chief warned on Friday. He added that hundreds of thousands of Sudanese children are severely malnourished “and at imminent risk of death if left untreated.” “A long conflict will almost certainly lead to a lost generation of …

The monthslong conflict in Sudan has displaced over 4 million people, a UN official says
1 year, 7 months ago

The monthslong conflict in Sudan has displaced over 4 million people, a UN official says

The Independent  

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How the attempted coup in Niger could expand the reach of extremism, and Wagner, in West Africa
1 year, 8 months ago

How the attempted coup in Niger could expand the reach of extremism, and Wagner, in West Africa

The Independent  

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Over 1,800 ‘terrorist attacks’ in West Africa in 2023: ECOWAS
1 year, 8 months ago

Over 1,800 ‘terrorist attacks’ in West Africa in 2023: ECOWAS

Al Jazeera  

The West African bloc is set to discuss strengthening a regional standby force to tackle insecurity and threats of coups. Omar Touray told the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday that half a million people in the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States are refugees and nearly 6.2 million are internally displaced. “The reversal of democratic gains runs parallel …

West Africa recorded over 1,800 terrorist attack in first six months of 2023, regional official says
1 year, 8 months ago

West Africa recorded over 1,800 terrorist attack in first six months of 2023, regional official says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — West Africa recorded over 1,800 terrorist attacks in the first six months of the year resulting in nearly 4,600 deaths with dire humanitarian consequences, and a top regional official said Tuesday that’s just “a snippet of the horrendous impact of insecurity.” Omar Touray told the U.N. Security Council that half a million people in the 15-nation Economic …

Escalating violence in Congo displaces more people and demands urgent response, UN and aid group say
1 year, 8 months ago

Escalating violence in Congo displaces more people and demands urgent response, UN and aid group say

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — The United Nations warned that violence in northeastern Congo has escalated significantly, with more than 40 civilians killed in three days. “The scale and duration of displacement is historic, even for eastern DRC,” Dr. Guyguy Manangama, the head of emergency programs for Doctors Without Borders, also known by the French acronym MSF. The aid group provides medical …

UN: Millions left with no aid as West Africa suffers worst hunger crisis in 10 years
1 year, 8 months ago

UN: Millions left with no aid as West Africa suffers worst hunger crisis in 10 years

Associated Press  

ABUJA, Nigeria — The U.N. World Food Program said Wednesday that millions of hungry people in West Africa are without aid as the agency struggles with limited funding to respond to the region’s worst hunger crisis in a decade. During this year’s lean season, millions of families will lack sufficient food reserves to sustain them until the next harvests in …

Sudan violence likely to push over 1 million refugees out of the African country by October, UN says
1 year, 9 months ago

Sudan violence likely to push over 1 million refugees out of the African country by October, UN says

The Independent  

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