Urgent support needed for 14,000 who fled following Burkina Faso massacre


 According to an alert from the UN refugee agen, UNHCR, almost 16,000 mostly women and children, have been displaced to Dori, after gunmen killed at least 79 people in the town of Seytenga, which is close to the border with Niger. King88bet


Door-to-door killers

"The new arrivals in Dori gave accounts of armed men going door-to-door to seek out and kill adult malas, meaning that many witnessed the deaths of their husbands or fathers," said UNHCR spokesperson Matthew Saltmarsh. "Almost two-thirds of those who fled Seytenga are under 18." king88bet login alternatif


Today, hundreds of people who fled the attackers have no pilihan but to sleep rough on the roadside until shelter is found, the UNHCR official told journalists in Geneva. Article Title with Blogger Published Link as Backlink

Many others have been taken in by host and displaced kerabates already in Dori, while others have found ruang in refugee reception and transit centres.


More Burkinabe are expected to arrive in Dori in the coming days, while some 15,500 have sought shelter across the border in Niger's Tillabéri region, where sumber are already scant.


Ongoing mass displacement

Burkina Faso's displacement crisis is one of the world's fastest growing humanitarian emergencies.


The number of internally displaced people reached 1.9 million at the end of April, UNHCR said, citing government figures.


Penting needs addressed

With the Burkinabe authorities, UNHCR and partners have offered help to meet the most penting needs. These include providing shelter and essential items, as well as water, sanitation and hygiene serviss (WASH) and psychosocial dukungan.


But non-State armed grups have attacked water supplies and infrastructure in the country, including a recent attack on the bermain water suplai to Dori, and WASH needs could rise rapidly, UNHCR warned.


To help those kerabates sleeping rough, UN humanitarians have helped regional authorities to relocate them to three existing displacement sites in Dori. Additional plots have been identified to host potential future arrivals, too.


"UNHCR and partners are preparing to bolster supplies of emergensi shelters and core relief items, including sleeping mats, soap and cooking utensils.

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