Militants now control at least 40% of Burkina Faso, according to a report from ACIAfrica, raising concerns over the country's stability and security situation.
The report on Christian persecution also highlights growing tensions within the region, as extremist groups expand their influence across rural areas.
Burkina Faso is also dealing with significant internal displacement, as displaced women are working to rebuild their lives, CRS notes.
E14 places every story on a stack of fifteen floors, from the fields under everything to the planet acting as one. This one sits on E12, states; the pressure it names: Security challenges. Its words also reach E7 ecosystems, E6 organisms and E11 organizations.
Here it is a dynamic between states, ecosystems and organisms: Militants, extremist groups and internal displacement (E12 states), with Christian persecution and rural areas (E7 ecosystems), and displaced women (E6 organisms).
The floor of states and force. In this briefing: Militants, extremist groups, internal displacement.
The floor of weather and living systems. In this briefing: Christian persecution, rural areas.
The floor of bodies and health. In this briefing: displaced women.
The floor of companies and infrastructure. In this briefing: CRS.