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Hunger grips Burkina Faso due to increasing jihadi violence

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Some 3.5 million people are food insecure in Burkina Faso. Nearly 630,000 are expected to be on the brink of starvation. This is an 82% increase from last year of people facing emergency hunger. Aid organizations are bracing for more price hikes because of the Ukraine war.

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Hunger grips Burkina Faso due to increasing jihadi violence

Hunger is soaring across conflict-ridden Burkina Faso, a result of increasing violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group, which has killed thousands and displaced millions, preventing people from farming.

2 years ago·Canada

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Hunger grips Burkina Faso due to increasing jihadi violence

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Martine Roamba’s 10-month-old daughter weakly tugs at her mother’s breast searching for milk. The malnourished baby has been struggling to feed since birth as her mother hasn't had enough to eat to produce sufficient breastmilk since fleeing her village in northern Burkina Faso last year when jihadis started killing people.

2 years ago·United States

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Hunger grips Burkina Faso due to increasing jihadi violence

Hunger is soaring across conflict-ridden Burkina Faso, a result of increasing violence by jihadi rebels linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group, which has killed thousands and displaced millions, preventing people from farming

2 years ago·United States

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Hunger grips Burkina Faso due to increasing jihadi violence

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Martine Roamba’s 10-month-old daughter weakly tugs at her mother’s breast searching for milk.The malnourished baby has been struggling to feed since birth as her mother hasn’t had enough to eat to produce sufficient breastmilk since fleeing her village in northern Burkina Faso last year when jihadis started killing people. Seated on a hospital bed with other severely malnourished children and their parents on the…

2 years ago·Tacoma, United States

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Hunger grips Burkina Faso due to increasing jihadi violence

Martine Roamba’s 10-month-old daughter weakly tugs at her mother’s breast searching for milk.The malnourished baby has been struggling to feed since birth as her mother hasn't had enough to eat to produce sufficient breastmilk since fleeing her village in northern Burkina Faso last year when jihadis started killing people. Seated on a hospital bed with other severely malnourished children and their parents on the outskirts of Burkina Faso's capi…

2 years ago·Miami, United States

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