Civilians have been disappearing at an alarming rate in northern Burkina Faso, where militant groups and government troops vie for territorial control. Reports of missing relatives quadrupled from 104 to 407 between 2019 and 2020. Host Marco Werman speaks with Marina Fakhouri, head of protection with the ICRC in the nation’s capital, Ouagadougou, about the impact of the hundreds of disappearances in northern Burkina Faso.
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