After a terrorist incursion in mid-October 2023 which caused significant material damage and loss of life, life has resumed in a village located a stone’s throw from Diapaga. This, thanks to a reconquest operation launched from February 8, 2024 by the men of Captain OT, supported by the VDP. They managed to secure and resettle the village, intervening on February 28, 2024, to the happiness of the populations who had lost all hope of return.
Economic lung of the commune of Diapaga, this village with its 17 km lake and its irrigated perimeter of 160 hectares, reclaimed, secured and consolidated, supplies the town with freshwater fish, vegetables and fruits and allows animals to drink there all season long.
On Monday March 18, 2024, twenty days after their installation, the AIB headed to this village in order to see first-hand the realities of these populations who have just regained their dignity.
The village is running at full speed, checkpoints at all exits manned by the FDS and VDP. Shops have reopened, f
ishing, the main activity in this village, has resumed, market gardening with more than 200 producers working hard to supply the town of Diapaga between now and the Easter and Ramadan holidays.
All this takes place under the watchful eye of the VDP, the local sentinel who takes over. Captain OT’s men are preparing other fronts as part of the reconquest of the territory.
Asked what he thinks, P. A, manager of the irrigated area, cannot believe his eyes; he is full of praise for the President of the Transition, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, but also for the place of the FDS and VDP whose determination and commitment allowed them to return home.
The same goes for the women selling fish who pray to God to cover the FDS and VDP with his grace so that they triumph over the enemies of the people.
However, the producers have a grievance: they are asking the President of the Transition, Captain Ibrahim Traoré to help them with agricultural inputs and to strengthen security so that other villages can taste the joy of res
ettlement.
If fish is already flooding the market in Diapaga, producers promise to supply the town with vegetables and fruits by the end of the month.
The operation continues and other villages are impatiently waiting to be resettled, especially since we know that some villages are in their second year without plowing.
Burkina Faso Information Agency
Source: Burkina Information Agency