The aid group Doctors Without Borders said on Friday it will suspend non-emergency services in Burkina Faso after gunmen killed two of its employees there.
“This measure, necessary for the time of mourning, is essential to analyze the risks our teams are exposed to at this time,” the group said on Twitter, adding that it will only respond to life-saving emergencies in Burkina Faso for a period of time. undefined. .
Earlier this month, gunmen fired on a vehicle carrying a medical team in the western Boucle du Mouhoun region, killing two of the group’s employees while two others escaped.
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The West African nation has been rocked by violence linked to al Qaeda and the Islamic State group for seven years, which has killed thousands and displaced nearly 2 million people, creating a humanitarian crisis.
The international aid group Doctors Without Borders has suspended its operations in Burkina Faso. (FoxNews)
The fighting has brought tens of thousands to the brink of starvation as jihadists lay siege to cities. Nearly 600,000 people are living under lockdown, which has reduced access to aid by 60%, according to an unpublished report for aid workers seen by the Associated Press.
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Doctors Without Borders, also known by its French acronym MSF, was operating in some of the most volatile parts of the country, reaching more than a million people with some 1,000 employees.
No one has claimed responsibility for the killings of MSF staff. A conflict analyst said the incident indicates the challenges for aid workers operating among a host of armed groups, including the government military and volunteers fighting on their side.
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“With multiple armed actors, the risks are high, and we cannot say for sure that the jihadists are responsible,” said Rida Lyammouri, a senior fellow at the Policy Center for the New South, a Morocco-based think tank.
