Geneva: United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Friday called for immediate support for some 16,000 newly displaced people who fled one of the Burkina FasoLast weekend’s deadliest terrorist attack in which at least 100 people were killed.
Soldiers have so far recovered 79 bodies after Saturday night’s attack in the northern province of Seno. It was the deadliest attack in at least a year in the West African country, which has been battling insurgency by related groups. al Qaeda and Islamic State.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Spokesperson Matthew Saltmarsh told reporters: “The UNHCR is concerned by the recent increase in violence against civilians by armed groups in Burkina Faso, which has forced thousands to flee, straining human resources because Insecurity is plaguing the central Sahel.”
Since June 12, most women and children have fled the attack in the town of Dori in eastern Burkina Faso, he said.
Soldiers have so far recovered 79 bodies after Saturday night’s attack in the northern province of Seno. It was the deadliest attack in at least a year in the West African country, which has been battling insurgency by related groups. al Qaeda and Islamic State.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Spokesperson Matthew Saltmarsh told reporters: “The UNHCR is concerned by the recent increase in violence against civilians by armed groups in Burkina Faso, which has forced thousands to flee, straining human resources because Insecurity is plaguing the central Sahel.”
Since June 12, most women and children have fled the attack in the town of Dori in eastern Burkina Faso, he said.