Terrorist attacks are increasing for many armed groups in West Africa in the Sahel region, especially Burkina Faso, which negatively affect civilians, as the number of internally displaced persons increases with it throughout the region.

In Burkina Faso, recent attacks by militants on civilians and local authorities have forced more than 4,000 people daily to flee their homes since January 1, 2020. To date, 765,000 people have been displaced, a 16-fold increase compared to January 2019. What has fled An estimated 150,000 people were in the past three weeks alone.

Maat Foundation for Peace, Development and Human Rights stresses the need to protect the civilian population and fleeing violence. Maat Foundation renews its call to the international community to respond quickly to the escalating changes in the Sahel region, which is witnessing a clear increase in terrorism and transnational crime. And it warns that this region may be an alternative to extremist groups in the future after the continuous retreat of those groups in West Asia, which impedes the sixteenth goal of # Agenda_2030 of the United Nations, and the fourth aspiration of # Agenda_2063 of the African Union.

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