Jihadist bloodshed fills Burkina displacement camps

Under the blistering heat, desperate civilians in this displacement camp find themselves trapped with nowhere to go. They fled their homes to escape jihadist violence which has been plaguing the Sahel region, but are now unable to rebuild their lives. Conditions are difficult with little to no aid arriving in the area and work being hard to come by. Even though it's difficult here, it's worse there. We have nothing there. We have no choice but to stay here. We come here and we're obliged to stay in these conditions. Since we have been here, no one has come to see how we live. We're right here with nothing. We have to rely on ourselves to survive with what we can earn in Dory. The UN World Food Programme flies in some essentials to the displaced living here in Dory, a key hub for supplies. However, the majority of food, fuel and farming equipment must still travel by land under army escort through a dangerous stretch of Rd. frequently targeted by jihadists. As a result of restrictions, the cost of trucking and products have skyrocketed. Tariffs have increased from 9000 to 30,000 francs per ton. Two or three years ago, the bag of rice was between 16,000 and 16,500, and now it's 27,000 francs. 27,000 francs for a bag of rice. According to the Norwegian Refugee Council, 1/4 of the two million internally displaced people in Burkina Faso are from the border regions in the north, which are particularly hard hit by the violence.