Burkina Faso

In 2021, deteriorating security conditions and eroding political consensus in Burkina Faso underscored the strategic importance of Fund investments. Fundsupported mobile courts heard 780 civil and criminal cases and issued 2,500 new certificates of nationality, while legal assistance systems in five penitentiaries ensured that all defendants had access to legal advice. Through a $1.5 million project of IOM and UNHCR, 100 microprojects launched by young people and women through a participatory process in Kaya, Dori, Barsologo and Gorom-Gorom have strengthened social cohesion between host communities and displaced persons. In the North and Sahel regions, 150 early warning mechanisms hosted 123 community dialogues to reduce tensions, while in the East and Central East regions, 10 community conflict management observatories have been established or revitalized. Women-led community action committees in Kaya, Boussouma, Kongoussi and Sabsé facilitated reconciliation between Sanrgho and Nienega-Foulbé villages in the Centre-North after more than a year of conflict. The committees also supported 100 women from host and displaced communities in Koulogo in reactivating traditional peace and social cohesion mechanisms that had all but disappeared.