UNHCR urges greater protection for Sahel communities after deadly attack

Ten days after armed groups carried out a deadly attack on three villages near the western Niger town of Tillia, UN humanitarians have repeated their call for greater protection of civilians and all those displaced by violence in the Sahel.

Read the full article at:

https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2021/04/1088872

‘Three-country crisis’ across central Sahel puts whole generation at risk, warns UN food agency

19 Nov 2019

Violent attacks by extremists “almost every day” in the Sahel nations of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have displaced nearly one million people and caused emergency levels of malnutrition, UN humanitarians have said.

Attacks on civilians in Burkina Faso force thousands into neighbouring Niger

23 Jul 2024

Renewed attacks on civilians in eastern Burkina Faso by non-State armed groups have forced thousands to flee to neighbouring Niger in search of safety, amid a deepening emergency, UN humanitarians have warned.

Protect civilians in the Sahel and Lake Chad regions, urges UN refugee agency

23 Apr 2020

An upsurge in military action against armed groups in West Africa’s vast Sahel and Lake Chad regions has prompted the United Nations refugee agency to call on all warring parties to protect people caught up in the violence.