Posted on 11/05/2020 10:36:47 AM PST by xomething
Rasmane Badini fled with his family from Silgadji following an attack by jihadists
Sleeping in huts made of straw, fabric and plastic sheets, nearly 5,000 people forced from their homes by jihadist violence in Burkina Faso have some shelter but little else.
The group faces a precarious future at Boulounga...
The United Nations says the Sahel faces "one of the greatest humanitarian crises in the world". Earlier this month, it mobilised donor countries and institutions to step up financial aid, with promises of around $1.7 billion (1.43 billion euros).
"My dream is to have a real roof over the heads of my family and myself. Failing that, a good tent will do to protect us from bad weather, mosquitoes and creatures at night," says Rasmane Badini, 64, at the Boulounga reception site.
"Look at this hut. More than 20 children sleep inside." Badini opens a decrepit door to reveal an old mattress rolled up in a corner of the shelter...
The 4,600 people who took refuge in the area built makeshift huts in the fields....
Badini and his family fled their home in Silgadji after jihadists attacked it in May 2019 and killed about 20 people....
Across the landlocked West African country, more than a million people fled districts targeted by jihadist bands, and fighting between communities has taken at least 1,200 lives since 2015, according to an AFP tally...
"Burkina Faso is on fire and the deadliest epidemic right now is the widespread violence perpetrated against civilians," ...
"Families are on the run from attacks, executions and kidnappings, children are killed and maimed by roadside bombs."...
But with others still fleeing some villages, "our hopes are slim", he says.
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Maybe they need to secure their borders...
Maybe those the Jihadis target should be armed, trained and then helped to exterminate the jihadis?
No, guns are bad. Only bad people have guns. There are no bad people. Good people don't need guns. We're from the government and we're here to help you.
We are dreaming of safe homes, here, too. But we have DemocRats, so that’s an impossible dream.
Buy treasury bonds
Why? Because they're going to be rolling in 'revenue' once President Harris has her way with 'sensible' gun laws?
Heh, that post failed.
You had posted a number of lies the government and the Left tell so, as one who looks at treasury bonds as a form of feeding the pig, I parroted another.
After all, once the progressives go to own in spending there will be lots and lots of unsecured promissory notes to buy, and they may even eventually tax us more if we don’t.
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