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Burkina Faso

For nearly a decade, Burkina Faso has grappled with a multidimensional crisis marked by coups, armed conflict, political instability, community tensions, and limited economic opportunities. Like many of its neighbours, Burkina Faso has become a hub for violent extremist activity and no-state armed groups with grave implications especially on the youth. Despite existing resilience mechanisms and stabilisation efforts, social and economic realities remain fragile, underscoring the urgent need for coordinated action to restore peace, cohesion, and security.

Our Work

Since early 2020, we have worked to strengthen social cohesion, foster peaceful coexistence, build resilient communities, and promote inclusive governance in in regions such as the Sahel, Centre-North, Boucle du Mouhoun, and the Cascades. Together with our partners and through a collaborative programme with the United Nations Development Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization, we have focused on reducing land and resource conflicts by training local institutions in mediation and conflict resolution. Collaborations with government agencies have enabled us to embedded peacebuilding approaches in security governance structures, while dialogues and joint initiatives have supported trust building between communities and security actors.


Our Impact


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People – of which more than 50% women – participated in 2 peace infrastructures addressing 6 community conflicts along border regions
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Income generating activities supported across the country
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Development infrastructures built in border areas addressing grievances and root causes of conflict

Our Engagements

2020
2021
2022
2020 – Interpeace Partners With the UNDP and Fao to Address Resource-Based Conflicts and Conducts a National Participatory Analysis of Conflict Drivers.

2020 – Interpeace partners with the UNDP and FAO to address resource-based conflicts and conducts a national participatory analysis of conflict drivers.

2021 – Interpeace Collaborates With Government Agencies to Integrate Peacebuilding Into Security Governance and to Help Build Trust Between Communities as Well as Security Forces Through Dialogue and Joint Initiatives.

2021 – Interpeace collaborates with government agencies to integrate peacebuilding into security governance and to help build trust between communities as well as security forces through dialogue and joint initiatives.

2022 – A Cross-Border Programme in Burkina Faso’s Hauts-Bassins and Mali’s Sikasso Regions Is Launched to Support Local Peace Infrastructures, Income-Generating Activities, and Natural Resource Management. In Parallel, a Project Addressing Conflict Trauma and Strengthening Social Cohesion Is Implemented.

2022 – A cross-border programme in Burkina Faso’s Hauts-Bassins and Mali’s Sikasso regions is launched to support local peace infrastructures, income-generating activities, and natural resource management. In parallel, a project addressing conflict trauma and strengthening social cohesion is implemented.


Initiatives

Past Initiatives

Country contact Information

Weniba Sonia

Christelle Mantoro

Quartier Ouaga 2000- secteur 54 Section 288 A 01 BP 6313 Ouagadougou 01 Burkina Faso
T +226 25 37 53 74
T +226 61 00 00 70

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