Mali : le CICR aide des milliers de personnes dans le nord et le centre

 

 Par le CICR

Ces derniers jours, le CICR a fourni de l'aide à des milliers de déplacés dans le nord et le centre du Mali. Maintenant, il s'agit de rechercher qui d'autre a besoin d'aide et où se trouvent ces personnes. Yasmine Praz est la responsable des opérations du CICR en Afrique du nord et de l'ouest. Depuis Bamako, capitale du Mali, elle décrit la situation.

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By Helen Blakesley, Regional Information Officer in Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

Mali, a country nestled in the middle of West Africa, is a nation divided in two. Rebel groups have been occupying the north, an area the size of Texas, aided by the instability of the country's government in Bamako. Fighting in the north has intensified with the arrival of French troops in January 2013. Reports of atrocities against northerners abound: killings, maiming, rape and the recruitment of child soldiers.

As a result, more than 200,000 people have fled to neighboring countries. Another 200,000 have moved south—many to Bamako, the nation's capital. These are some of the people Catholic Relief Services is helping with support from partners Trócaire and Irish Aid.

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Ibrahima and Baba are IDPs in Bamako. Credit: Helen Blakesley

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Internal Displaced People struggle to survive after escaping fighting in northern Mali

 

 

 

 

By Helene Caux,  Senior Regional Public Information Officer for West Africa in UNHCR

Hidjaba is struggling to take care of her family – like nearly 200,000 other Malians who have fled the north of their country to escape the fighting that erupted between various armed groups and government forces last January.

"I am ready to do anything to be able to buy food for my children," said the 45-year-old, who gets up at 6 a.m. to cook food that is both for her children to eat and to sell on the streets. "Sometimes they go to school in the morning with an empty stomach as I don't have enough money to buy millet to cook."

Hidjaba's family are among some 47,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) who have found refuge in Bamako. In total, 198,600 people have fled their homes and many of them have sought shelter in the capital and the areas of Segou, Kayes, Koulikoro, Sikasso and Mopti.