Burkina Faso: Hunger and Conflict Push Northern Burkina Faso into Crisis

Mar 31, 2018 | Nellie Peyton, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Food shortages and a jihadist uprising in northern Burkina Faso risk plunging the region into a humanitarian crisis if urgent action is not taken, aid agencies said on Thursday. Much of West Africa’s Sahel, a semi-arid belt below the Sahara, is facing its worst hunger in years after erratic rains caused little vegetation to grow.