Burkina Faso, Annual Country Report 2020, Country Strategic Plan 2019 - 2023
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2020 Overview
Due to the alarming increase in tension and conflict, Burkina Faso is experiencing one of the fastest-growing internally displaced persons (IDP) crises globally, with over 1 million people displaced since 2019 – an 80 percent increase in the number of IDPs since the end of 2019. Conflict, climate change, endemic poverty and the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 are the main drivers of growing food insecurity in Burkina Faso, with around 3.3 million food insecure people [1] – 15 percent of the population – at the peak of the lean season (June – September 2020, when food stocks are at their lowest), and 2 million food insecure people at the end of 2020 [2]. Humanitarian access has substantially deteriorated, limiting continued assistance to specific areas.
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The United Nations has condemned the attack on humanitarian facilities in Damasak, a town in Borno State.
In a statement on Sunday, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, raised concern over the recurrent reports of violent attacks by non-state armed groups putting the lives of civilians at risk.
He stated that civilians and aid workers, as well as their facilities and assets, should never be a target for terrorist attacks.
The Nigerian Army had confirmed the attack which occurred on Saturday, although it said ground troops, supported by the Air Component of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD), thwarted it.
WFP Burkina Faso: 2020 Key Facts and Figures
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Scale-up of the emergency operations: food assistance, emergency nutrition, emergency school feeding
Scale-up of the resilience programme to strengthen community and household resilience to food insecurity and shocks
Scale-up of the micro insurance for smallholder farmers to accompany them in the event of climate-related shocks (drought, flooding)
92% increase of the number of people assisted compared to 2019
Launch of United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) operations to support humanitarian actors access to hard-to-reach locations
Activation of the Logistics Cluster to enhance humanitarian actors operational response on the ground
54 partners in country (Government, United Nations agencies, Non-Governmental Organizations)