Burkina Faso: when water runs out

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In conflict zones, obtaining daily water supplies becomes a challenge.

© Samuel Turpin

By: Anne-Cécile Bras Follow

50 mins

For 4 years, Burkina Faso has gradually slipped towards violence and instability.

One million Burkinabè are now displaced, especially in the Center-North region which is the most affected.

In conflict zones, obtaining daily water supplies becomes a challenge and the concentration of populations around water points poses a real health and humanitarian issue.

(Replay)

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Fresh water is a scarce resource, which we do not know how to create and which is very poorly distributed on our planet.

When climate change and insecurity overlap, tensions escalate around this vital resource. 

Report: The water pact by Samuel Turpin and Éric Ouédraogo

Guest: Éric Servat,

director of the Unesco International Water Center, based in Montpellier.

(Replay of March 25, 2021)

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