Marie Dasylva

Apr 12, 2024 | allafrica.com | Marie Dasylva |Elizabeth Bryant

Violence, economic turmoil, climate change and shrinking humanitarian assistance among factors propelling food insecurityDialo Koumba knew the violence spreading across her homeland would someday hit her village in western Burkina Faso. But when armed assailants killed her neighbours one night, she and her three co-wives ditched careful plans to sell their livestock before fleeing. "Our departure was brutal," recalls Kouma, 50, who has since joined her husband in northern Côte d'Ivoire.