DILATORY INSECURITY, VECTORS OF POPULATIONS MOBILITY AND RESILIENCE CAPACITIES IN THE RURAL COMMUNE OF YALGO IN BURKINA FASO

Abstract

Context and Background: In West African countries such as Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, security issues have become the subject of socio-political controversy. It's a heated debate that has found its way into the national and international press, as well as into the academic community. Goal and objectives: This article focuses on this theme by conceptualizing it at the local level. The rural commune of Yalgo was taken as the unit of analysis and observation. Methodology: The methodology promoted in this study consists of primary and secondary data collection. Surveys enabled 230 people to be interviewed, including displaced persons and indigenous people. The interviews involved 17 resource persons. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data collected. Results: What emerges from the study : Firstly, this work aims to focus on insecurity and its multiple facets. These include kidnappings, atrocities, armed attacks, and so on. Secondly, local issues linked to the movement of people showed that 62% of IDPs are children, 36% are women and 4% are men. 92% of IDPs are settled in host sites. The representativeness of 8% expresses the ratio of IDPs settled within indigenous households. Finally, re-schooling, trade, mini-livestock farming, agriculture and domestic help are all activities undertaken by IDPs to overcome their traumatic social, psychological and emotional shock. Non-governmental organizations, the Town Hall and the Social Action Department are just some of the structures still working to help IDPs reintegrate into society.

Keywords

• Dilatory insecurity
• Mobility
• Resilience
• Yalgo
• Burkina Faso