UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is joining its partners to warn about the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Burkina Faso’s central and northern regions where each day the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians are being disrupted by insecurity and violence.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is joining its partners to warn about the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Burkina Faso’s central and northern regions where each day the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians are being disrupted by insecurity and violence.

Some 486,000 have been forced to flee within the country, 267,000 in the past 3 months alone. Armed groups have also intensified attacks in Burkina Faso neighbouring countries of Mali and Niger.

Regions around the three countries’ borders are new hotspots of violence.