MSF suspends operations in north Burkina city

Medical charity MSF on Monday announced it has suspended work in the north Burkina Faso city of Djibo as Jihadist groups step up attacks.

Jihadist groups have closed in on Djibo in the last two years and carried out attacks in the city, which is near the border area between Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali.

Home to tens of thousands of people who have fled their villages because of the violence, Djibo’s population has boomed from 60,000 people to more than 200,000 in five years, according to the ACLED non-governmental group.

“This decision comes after recurrent incidents targeting health centres, water distribution points and even our facilities,” Doctors Without Borders (known by its French acronym MSF) wrote on X.