Conflicts

Faced with coronavirus, a water engineer tries to work miracles in Burkina Faso

En cette période de pandémie de COVID-19, une ingénieure en eau et assainissement fait face à un défi titanesque : le manque d’eau.

Victorine fled the violence, lost her husband and is the head of a large family. Credit: Sylvain Cherkaoui / Oxfam

Over 1 million women in Burkina Faso caught between conflict and COVID-19

More than a million women and girls in Burkina Faso are facing increased sexual violence, hunger and water shortage as a result of the coronavirus pandemic on top of the existing conflict, said Oxfam today.

Mariam is a mother and displaced woman at the PIssila site in Burkina Faso

Survivors and heroines: women in the crisis in Burkina Faso

The study "Survivors and heroines: women in the crisis in Burkina Faso" describes the impact of the conflict on women and looks at their role in strengthening social cohesion and building peace.

Fatoumata, a women herder in Burkina Faso, fights daily against the effects of climate change and imports of milk powder which reduce the demand for her local milk. Credit: Pablo Tosco / Oxfam

Emergency in the Sahel: choosing the fight against inequalities

Oxfam in West Africa, 3 July 2019. As massacres and violence intensify in the Sahel, so does the urgency of a response from the states of the region and the international community that prioritizes the fight against inequality.

Mariam, 25, mother of a child, fled attacks by armed groups in Burkina Faso and is receiving humanitarian aid in a camp for internally displaced people. Credit: Sylvain Cherkaoui / Oxfam

Saving lives and protect

Oxfam provides humanitarian assistance and advocacy for the populations affected by major humanitarian crises.

Women are busy finding water at the Pissila IDP site in Burkina Faso's Sanmatenga province. Credit: Sylvain Cherkaoui / Oxfam

Crisis in Burkina Faso: 1.9 million people are in urgent need of water

February 20, 2020 – Following the recent launch of the new Humanitarian Response Plan in Burkina Faso, Oxfam is calling for the urgent mobilization of funds to respond to the pressing water, sanitation and hygiene needs of more than 1.9 million people.

30,000 people who fled the Boko Haram violence in the Lake Chad basin area have found refuge at the Muna Garage site for displaced people in Nigeria. Credit: Pablo Tosco / Oxfam

When will the Sahel change its approach to end the conflict?

Oxfam in West Africa, September 20, 2019 - Faced with the insufficiency and in some cases the nuisance of purely security responses, it is time for ECOWAS heads of state to change their approach to promote political solutions to the crisis in the Sahel States

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