Nearly four million people have been forced from their homes across Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, and the United Nations is now sounding the alarm over what has become one of the most severe displacement crises on the continent.
The UN raised the alert on Friday, drawing urgent attention to the scale of human movement across the central Sahel region. The numbers place Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger at the center of a crisis that shows no sign of slowing down.
What happens next for the millions of families caught in this crisis is a question the international community can no longer afford to sit with quietly.
Originally published by AllAfrica.