Burkina Faso Humanitarian Crisis Grows Amid Conflict
Recent Developments
01NRC reported in 2025 that more than two million people had been forced to flee their homes in Burkina Faso due to violence and insecurity.
02Refugees International reported that violence and displacement have spread to every administrative region, with more than 1.8 million internally displaced people and 3.5 million people requiring humanitarian assistance.
03Recent reporting noted continued refugee movement into Mali, with nearly 51,000 Burkinabè refugees arriving between April and September 2025.
Interventions
- UN and NGO humanitarian response operations providing food, health, protection, shelter, and displacement support in affected regions.
- Refugee assistance and host-community support in Mali for Burkinabè arrivals, including protection and basic services.
What Works
- Protective humanitarian access negotiated with local actors and sustained relief delivery are essential where insecurity prevents routine aid operations.
- Integrated support for displaced people and host communities, including food assistance, health care, and protection services, helps reduce acute suffering and secondary displacement.
How to Help
- Donate to reputable humanitarian organizations supporting Burkina Faso and neighboring host countries.
- Support or volunteer with NGOs and refugee-response organizations working in the Sahel.
- Advocate for sustained humanitarian funding and improved civilian protection by contacting elected representatives.
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Verified Organizations
Organizations Helping(17)
Human Rights Watch monitors and documents escalating armed conflict, political violence, attacks on civilians, indiscriminate aerial bombardments, intercommunal violence, and humanitarian crises in South Sudan through detailed investigations and reporting. They highlight civilian casualties, displacement, sexual violence, and food insecurity, while advocating for accountability, cessation of hostilities, and international action to address violations by government forces, opposition groups like SPLA-IO and NAS, and urging compliance with peace agreements.
Save the Children tackles the health crisis by supporting primary health care centers, treating malnutrition and infectious diseases like cholera, measles, and malaria in displacement camps, and providing vaccinations and maternal/child health services in Darfur, Khartoum, and eastern Sudan. They operate mobile clinics and supply chains to reach areas with collapsed infrastructure, addressing outbreaks and serving millions of displaced children.
NRC addresses the drought crisis in Somalia by advocating for urgent humanitarian funding and delivering field-level assistance to displaced and vulnerable households. Its response typically includes emergency shelter, water, sanitation, cash assistance, and support for people forced from their homes by drought-driven displacement, while also pushing donors to fund underfinanced response plans.
Concern responds to drought in Somalia through emergency aid for communities affected by water shortages, food insecurity, displacement, and conflict. It also builds community resilience to climate shocks, aiming to reduce vulnerability before the next drought hits by supporting livelihoods and strengthening coping capacity.
