OSLO, Norway
Burkina Faso, plagued by jihadist violence since 2015, is experiencing "the most neglected crisis in the world" according to an annual ranking published Thursday by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).
The NGO publishes each year
the list of the ten most "neglected" population displacement crises,
based on three criteria: the lack of political will of the international
community, media coverage and humanitarian funding.
According to the NRC, Burkina
- in second place in the ranking last year - has "more than 14,000
people" killed in the past five years, "half of them since January
2022" and more than two million internally displaced people.
In 2022, "increasing
violence and displacement (of populations) have left almost one in four
Burkinabè in need of humanitarian assistance", adds the report.
"Only 42% of the
humanitarian financial aid requested has been distributed in 2022", he
specifies.
The report also mentions the
numerous attacks on water points by armed groups which deprived 830,000 people
of water as well as the closure of 6,200 schools, affecting more than one
million children.
“Political instability adds
another layer to the crisis with two military coups”, in 2022, continues the
NRC.
The Democratic Republic of
Congo is second in this ranking, due to the "multiple crises" in the
east of the country in particular. Colombia and its "60 years of armed
conflict" is third ahead of Sudan and Venezuela.
Burundi, Mali, Cameroon, El
Salvador and Ethiopia complete this top 10.
The NGO also criticizes the
unequal treatment by the international community of certain crises compared to
the support given to Ukraine.
"For every dollar raised
by a person in need in Ukraine, only 25 cents were raised per inhabitant in
need in the ten most neglected crises in the world", raises the NRC, which
affirms that "negligence is a choice ", however "reversible".
The NRC recommends "providing
humanitarian assistance according to the needs of affected populations, and not
according to geopolitical interests or the degree of media attention given to
certain crises".
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