The tragic crisis in the Sahel

The tragic crisis in the Sahel

Millions of displaced people need immediate assistance.

In its annual report, the United Nations has announced that the countries of the Sahel region of Africa have closed more than 10,000 schools, displaced millions of children and destroyed and closed about 7,000 health centers due to the operations of armed groups, extremist attacks and extensive criminal networks. 

Therefore, the report of confrontation between non-governmental and militia groups for supremacy and control of resources has marginalized the performance and intervention of governments and caused poverty, hunger and displacement of millions of people in this area.

On the other hand, the World Health Organization has stated in its announcement to request urgent aid that the Sahel region of Africa is facing unprecedented humanitarian needs due to armed conflicts, poverty, climate change, food insecurity and political instability.

In 2022, more than 33 million people were displaced across Burkina Faso, northern Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Niger, and northeastern Nigeria, an increase of more than 25 percent over the past five years. This has made the Sahel crisis one of the fastest growing crises in the world.


According to Relief Web, by the end of May 2022, the number of displaced people due to the crisis on the Central Coast alone, more than half of whom are women and children.

This represents a 40% increase in one year and a 56% increase in Burkina Faso, the country with the highest volume of displacement and violence in the region.

Human rights organizations have presented their urgent request for the sending of humanitarian aid and have asked international governmental institutions to help stop the violence. The United Nations has also called preventing the sending of humanitarian aid by the involved groups inhumane and shameful.

 

Source: UN, WHO, RW

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