By RFIPissed 16-08-2019Modified 16-08-2019 at 16:55
The World Food Program (WFP) warns about the food situation in Burkina Faso, because of both the "weld" between two crops and the growing insecurity that has already made 240,000 displaced.
In Burkina Faso, the World Food Program (WFP) alerts on the humanitarian situation in the country. The organization needs $ 36 million to help in this crisis, which it calls " unprecedented ." In this country of 19 million people, nearly 700,000 people are food insecure.
In question, the "welding" period between two crops during which food is scarce, but not only. " The situation in Burkina Faso and in the Sahel in general began to deteriorate a few years ago ," says Hervé Verhoosel, WFP spokesperson. For the moment, the situation is still dramatic at a level that has not seen precedent in recent years. Due to increasing insecurity, Burkina Faso has so far been extremely displaced, five times more than in 2018. That's 240,000 people who have fled their homes. And this insecurity has also resulted in all these closures of schools and health centers . "
This situation " also makes it difficult to access the fields and makes the economy difficult," says Hervé Verhoosel . That's a big part of the problem, at least at the national level in Burkina Faso. In this current period, nearly 700,000 people are in a situation of food insecurity. We will continue to help people and communities find long-term solutions. But we must also tackle the root causes of the Sahel crisis. And that is linked to poverty, climate change and social exclusion .
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