UN alarmed as number of displaced in central Sahel reaches nearly four million
- The United Nations on Friday raised the alarm about a displacement crisis in the central Sahel where nearly four million people have been forced to flee their homes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.
- Issued on: 10/10/2026 - 15:25 1 min Reading time The number is more than double that of six years ago, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said, before a wave of coups in a region bedevilled by instability and violence.
- It includes 818,000 refugees and asylum seekers, it added.
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- The United Nations on Friday raised the alarm about a displacement crisis in the central Sahel where nearly four million people have been forced to flee their homes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.
- Issued on: 10/10/2026 - 15:25 1 min Reading time The number is more than double that of six years ago, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said, before a wave of coups in a region bedevilled by instability and violence.
- It includes 818,000 refugees and asylum seekers, it added.
Sources: RFI