Essential medical supplies and front-line medical teams are being sent to Burkina Faso by the EU Humanitarian Air Bridge, the European Commission announced on Tuesday 23 June, the day the first of two dedicated flights took off for Ouagadougou.
The aim is to help this African country to combat the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and to meet enormous humanitarian needs. “The country is in the grip of an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, that continues to be fuelled by non-state armed...