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FRIDAY, JUNE 09, 2023
Violence in West Africa's Sahel displaces record 2 million people, UN says

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Reuters
22 January, 2021, 08:30 pm
Last modified: 22 January, 2021, 08:33 pm

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Violence in West Africa's Sahel displaces record 2 million people, UN says

Militants linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State have expanded their reach in the semi-arid region on the edge of the Sahara, stoking ethnic conflict in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger and forcing whole communities to flee their homes

Reuters
22 January, 2021, 08:30 pm
Last modified: 22 January, 2021, 08:33 pm
A woman who fled from attacks of armed militants in the Sahel region walks with her children at a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Kaya, Burkina Faso November 23, 2020. Picture taken November 23, 2020. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
A woman who fled from attacks of armed militants in the Sahel region walks with her children at a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Kaya, Burkina Faso November 23, 2020. Picture taken November 23, 2020. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

The number of people fleeing violence in West Africa's Sahel region has quadrupled in the past two years, with 2 million now displaced in their own countries, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Friday.

Militants linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State have expanded their reach in the semi-arid region on the edge of the Sahara, stoking ethnic conflict in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger and forcing whole communities to flee their homes.

More than half of those displaced within their own country are in Burkina Faso, where many are forced to sleep outside and do not have enough water, UNHCR spokesman Boris Cheshirkov said at a briefing in Geneva.

"The communities hosting the displaced have reached a breaking point," he said. "The humanitarian response is dangerously overstretched, and UNHCR is urging the international community to redouble its support for the region."

The Sahel also has more than 850,000 refugees who have fled across international borders, mainly from Mali.

UN / Africa

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