Liptako Gourma Crisis Monthly Dashboard

The Central Sahel area, and in particular the Liptako Gourma region, which borders Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, is affected by a complex crisis involving growing competition over dwindling resources; climatic variability; demographic pressure; high levels of poverty; disaffection and a lack of livelihood opportunities; communal tensions; the absence of state institutions and basic services; and violence related to organized crime and Non-State Armed Groups. The crisis has led to the death of an estimated 4,000 people and triggered significant displacement of populations in the three affected countries. As of 13 March 2020, 1,231,605 individuals have been displaced, including 1,080,015 Internally Displaced Persons (88% of the displaced population) and 151,590 Refugees (12% of the displaced population). Sixty-four per cent of the affected population (790,959 individuals) were located in Burkina Faso, while 18 per cent resided in Mali (219,414 individuals), 13 per cent in Niger (162,401 individuals) and 5 per cent in Mauritania (58,831 individuals).

The Central Sahel area, and in particular the Liptako-Gourma region, which borders Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, is affected by a complex crisis involving growing competition over dwindling resources; climatic variability; demographic pressure; high levels of poverty; disaffection and a lack of livelihood opportunities; communal tensions; the absence of state institutions and basic services; and violence related to organized crime and Non-State Armed Groups. The crisis has led to the death of an estimated 4,000 people and triggered significant displacement of populations in the three affected countries. As of 17 February 2020, 1,217,797 individuals have been displaced, including 1,069,460 Internally Displaced Persons (88% of the displaced population) and 148,337 Refugees (12% of the displaced population). Sixty-five per cent of the affected population (790,959 individuals) were located in Burkina Faso, while 17 per cent resided in Mali (208,859 individuals), 13 per cent in Niger (161,064 individuals) and 5 per cent in Mauritania (56,915 individuals).

The Liptako Gourma region, which borders Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, is affected by a complex crisis involving growing competition over dwindling resources; climatic variability; demographic pressure; high levels of poverty; disaffection and a lack of livelihood opportunities; communal tensions; the absence of state institutions and basic services; and violence related to organized crime and Non-State Armed Groups. The crisis has led to the death of an estimated 3,334 people and triggered significant displacement of populations in the three affected countries. As of 15 January 2020, 912,344 individuals have been displaced, including 816,070 Internally Displaced Persons (89% of the displaced population) and 96,274 Refugees (11% of the displaced population). 63 per cent of the affected population (representing 571,775 individuals) were located in Burkina Faso, while 22 per cent resided in Mali (204,015 individuals) and 15 per cent in Niger (136,554 individuals).