In Burkina Faso, a growing number of children are traumatized by war
Voice of America
FILE- Balkissa Barro, 10, center, walks to school with friends in the Burkina Faso village of Dori, Burkina Faso, Oct. 20, 2020. FILE- Children gather in a classroom at school in the village of Dori, Burkina Faso, Oct. 20, 2020.
When armed men entered Safi’s village in northern Burkina Faso and began firing, she hid in her home with her four children. The gunmen found them and let them live — to suffer the guilt of survival — after killing her husband and other relatives.
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