About 520 people are now homeless after heavy rains on Sunday swept away part of a dam in Bani, about 200 km north of the Burkinabe capital, Ouagadougou, news organisations reported.
The official ‘Sidwaya’ daily reported on Wednesday that Minister of Social Action Nayabtigungu Kabore travelled to the area and donated four mt of food, three bales of clothing, 100 blankets and 100 mats.
The flood waters destroyed 36 homes and caused damage estimated at some CFA 40 million (about US $60,000), PANA reported. No human deaths were reported but, according to ‘Sidwaya’, a number of animals died.
PANA said the homeless had been given shelter by relatives and neighbours, in a school and in mosques.
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