How Benin is coping with an unprecedented influx of Sahel refugees
“You can see it in the villages and hamlets where families are hosting them, but you also notice it in health centres, which are struggling to cope.”A Doctors Without Borders operation in Atacora, Benin, near the border with Burkina Faso, January 2025 © Doctors Without Borders Published on July 14, 2026 at 11:33 am (GMT +1) “We are used to welcoming Burkinabè people fleeing violence in their country, but since January–February we have seen a noticeable increase in their arrival,” says Abdoulaye Bouakou Gakpe, a leading figure within the Fulani community in northern Benin’s Kandi area.
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