United Nations World Food Programme executive director David Beasley will next week visit impoverished Burkina Faso, which is dealing with an unfolding humanitarian crisis resulting from a sharp increase in armed violence, WFP said in a statement on Friday.
“This is a critical time for the people of Burkina Faso and the rest of the Sahel," said Beasley, who will visit the country from Monday to Wednesday and meet its authorities and communities.
"That is why WFP is working diligently not only to save lives on an urgent basis, but also to scale-up our resilience and development work that will protect and strengthen vulnerable communities,” he added.
The growing violence is forcing many people to flee. Displacement in Burkina Faso has increased five-fold from December 2018, with nearly 240,000 people officially uprooted from their homes, WFP said.
Insecurity is disrupting food and trade, exposing people to hunger and malnutrition in landlocked country, which has suffered from recurring droughts and military coups.
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