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Burkina Faso

Context

Burkina Faso has witnessed a dramatic increase in violence in the last seven years. This violence is becoming increasingly diffuse throughout the territory and is transforming in character. National and international institutions are investing heavily in the security response with little attention to the root causes and long-term processes that enable and exacerbate such violence. Moreover, there is no known nationwide attempt to understand the multiple perspectives, needs and capacities of local populations in the context of these security threats. Recognizing that long term and durable solutions for peace require local ownership, the absence of such analysis constitutes an important gap.

Our work in Burkina Faso has generated an analysis of the factors of conflict and national resilience along with an agenda for peace. This document, which takes up the dynamics mentioned by the population, is both an informative document and a decision-making tool for all actors interested in the crisis in Burkina Faso.

Concrete actions are now being implemented actions on key issues such as security, land and natural resource management.

Goal


L'objectif d'Interpeace est de mettre en œuvre un processus qui permettra à la population du Burkina Faso d'exprimer ouvertement, dans ses propres termes, la manière dont elle comprend les menaces actuelles à la paix et à la sécurité dans son pays et comment elle fait face à ces défis, en vue de concevoir des programmes et des politiques visant à maintenir la paix à long terme.

Initiatives

Strengthening and integrating peacebuilding approaches in security governance

Interpeace is working with the National Ministries of Security and Defence, the National Institute of Statistics and Demography (INSD), the Centre for Sustainable Peace and Democratic Development (SeeD), INDIGO, the Peacekeeping School, and Women in Law and Development in Africa (WILDAF), to strengthen and integrate peacebuilding approaches in security governance in the Sahel, Boucle du Mouhoun, a...
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Brick by brick: strengthening social cohesion and preventing border conflicts Mali-Burkina Faso

The project started in January 2022 and will end in December 2024 with the objective of contributing to the strengthening of social cohesion and economic development in the regions of Sikasso (Mali) and Hauts-Bassins (Burkina) through access to infrastructure and the promotion of community dialogue. The particularity of this project is the implementation of activities including the construction of...
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Conflict Prevention and Management in the East Region of Burkina Faso

The East region of Burkina Faso experienced an explosion in the number of conflicts between 2015 and 2017. From 101 cases between 2012 and 2014, this region recorded 849 cases of community conflicts between 2015 and 2017. These are mainly land conflicts, agro-pastoral conflicts, conflicts related to traditional chieftaincy, inter-religious conflicts, political conflicts and conflicts between popul...
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Past initiatives

Analyzing the drivers of violent conflict and factors of resilience

Using Participatory Action Research (PAR), Interpeace is conducting an analysis of the drivers of violent conflict and factors of resilience in Burkina Faso. PAR emphasizes the importance of inclusive, participatory, locally owned, driven and led processes of understanding phenomena. The rationale for such an approach is rooted in the belief that supporting the agency of stakeholders through their...
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Fostering youth dialogue: Bibiss Laafi Batû

En partenariat avec la Fondation Hirondelle, Interpeace développe un projet qui vise à contribuer à établir une compréhension mutuelle et de la confiance entre les jeunes au Burkina Faso. Ceux-ci sont de plus en plus isolés des processus de prise de décision nationaux et frustrés par ceux-ci. Ils sont aussi influencés par des articles ou une participation
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Amplifying the voice of young people by strengthening their capacities

This project aims to strengthen the role of young people in Burkina Faso, especially young women, as advocates for peace and security, amplifying their participation through dialogue and advocacy, and bridging the gap between young people, decision-makers, elders and
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Mapping the peace nexus in Burkina Faso

The focus of this project is to achieve greater coherence between humanitarian, development and peace actions in the country. The United Nations system in Burkina Faso, through the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), mandated Interpeace to conduct a study that maps the capacities of these actors to operationalize the humanitarian-development-peace nexus approach. Burkina Faso is one of the ...
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Cross-Border Dialogue for Peace Responsive Actions to Prevent Conflict and Improve Natural Resource Management Along the Mali-Burkina Faso Border

The project "Cross-Border Dialogue for Peace Responsive Actions to Prevent Conflict and Improve Natural Resource Management Along the Mali-Burkina Faso Border " was implemented in 2020-2021 by Interpeace and its partner the “Institut Malien Recherche Action pour la Paix” (IMRAP) in four border municipalities of the regions of Sikasso and the Hauts-Bassins. Its overall objective is to contribut...
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For more information about the Burkina Faso country-programme, please contact the country representative.

Resources

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Strengthening the role of women and youth in security governance in Burkina Faso

News

19 December 2022