{"id":96537,"date":"2025-10-01T04:42:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T04:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=96537"},"modified":"2025-10-01T04:42:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T04:42:00","slug":"gbeniyiri-conflict-burkina-faso-blocks-nadmo-from-meeting-displaced-persons-demands-formal-diplomacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=96537","title":{"rendered":"Gbeniyiri conflict: Burkina Faso blocks NADMO from meeting displaced persons, demands formal diplomacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'>\n                <div class=\"twp-read-time\">\n                \t<i class=\"booster-icon twp-clock\"><\/i> <span>Read Time:<\/span>1 Minute, 8 Second                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div><div>\n<p>Authorities in Burkina Faso have blocked officials of Ghana\u2019s National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) from accessing Ghanaian refugees displaced by the Gbeniyiri conflict.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"src=\"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-16.png\" alt=\"Gbeniyiri conflict: Burkina Faso blocks NADMO from meeting displaced persons, demands formal diplomacy\" class=\"wp-image-10032863409\" title=\"Gbeniyiri conflict: Burkina Faso blocks NADMO from meeting displaced persons, demands formal diplomacy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-16-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-16-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-16-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-16-400x300.png 400w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-16-187x140.png 187w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-16-150x113.png 150w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-16-200x150.png 200w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-16-565x424.png 565w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-16-330x248.png 330w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-16-333x250.png 333w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-16-55x41.png 55w, https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-16.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n<p>The refugees, numbering about 5,621, fled to Kpere in Burkina Faso following the recent disturbances. <\/p>\n<p>A team led by the Savannah Regional Director of NADMO, Mahama Zackaria, had travelled with relief items to support them.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"src=\"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-17.png\" alt=\"Gbeniyiri conflict: Burkina Faso blocks NADMO from meeting displaced persons, demands formal diplomacy\" class=\"wp-image-10032863410\" title=\"Gbeniyiri conflict: Burkina Faso blocks NADMO from meeting displaced persons, demands formal diplomacy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-17-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-17-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-17-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-17-400x300.png 400w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-17-187x140.png 187w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-17-150x113.png 150w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-17-200x150.png 200w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-17-565x424.png 565w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-17-330x248.png 330w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-17-333x250.png 333w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-17-55x41.png 55w, https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-17.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n<p>According to Mr Zackaria, the team was stopped and prevented from getting close to the displaced persons. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe went to Kpere in Burkina Faso, where some of our people ran to, but unfortunately, the Burkinabe authorities didn\u2019t allow us to see the people,\u201d he told JoyNews.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"src=\"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-18.png\" alt=\"Gbeniyiri conflict: Burkina Faso blocks NADMO from meeting displaced persons, demands formal diplomacy\" class=\"wp-image-10032863411\" title=\"Gbeniyiri conflict: Burkina Faso blocks NADMO from meeting displaced persons, demands formal diplomacy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-18-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-18-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-18-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-18-400x300.png 400w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-18-187x140.png 187w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-18-150x113.png 150w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-18-200x150.png 200w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-18-565x424.png 565w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-18-330x248.png 330w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-18-333x250.png 333w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-18-55x41.png 55w, https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-18.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cYes, we saw them from a distance, but we couldn\u2019t communicate with them or give them the relief items we carried.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the Burkinabe officials insisted the Ghana government must formally engage them before any assistance could be delivered.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"src=\"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-19.png\" alt=\"Gbeniyiri conflict: Burkina Faso blocks NADMO from meeting displaced persons, demands formal diplomacy\" class=\"wp-image-10032863412\" title=\"Gbeniyiri conflict: Burkina Faso blocks NADMO from meeting displaced persons, demands formal diplomacy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-19-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-19-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-19-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-19-400x300.png 400w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-19-187x140.png 187w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-19-150x113.png 150w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-19-200x150.png 200w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-19-565x424.png 565w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-19-330x248.png 330w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-19-333x250.png 333w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-19-55x41.png 55w, https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-19.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThey said the Ghana government will have to engage them officially, like they did in the Ivory Coast. Without an official international protocol between the two countries, they would not allow us to engage the people,\u201d Mr Zackaria added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"src=\"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-20.png\" alt=\"Gbeniyiri conflict: Burkina Faso blocks NADMO from meeting displaced persons, demands formal diplomacy\" class=\"wp-image-10032863413\" title=\"Gbeniyiri conflict: Burkina Faso blocks NADMO from meeting displaced persons, demands formal diplomacy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-20-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-20-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-20-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-20-400x300.png 400w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-20-187x140.png 187w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-20-150x113.png 150w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-20-200x150.png 200w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-20-565x424.png 565w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-20-330x248.png 330w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-20-333x250.png 333w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-20-55x41.png 55w, https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-20.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n<p>Faced with this setback, the NADMO team returned to Ghana and redirected the relief items to vulnerable residents in parts of the Bole District. <\/p>\n<p>The distribution has so far covered communities including Saru, Dirbir, Kalba, Gbeniyiri, Nakpala, and Dagbabu.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"src=\"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-21.png\" alt=\"Gbeniyiri conflict: Burkina Faso blocks NADMO from meeting displaced persons, demands formal diplomacy\" class=\"wp-image-10032863414\" title=\"Gbeniyiri conflict: Burkina Faso blocks NADMO from meeting displaced persons, demands formal diplomacy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-21-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-21-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-21-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-21-400x300.png 400w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-21-187x140.png 187w, 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