Burkina Faso needs aid and violence protection for 6.3 mln people: UN

UNITED NATIONS, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Burkina Faso faces an unprecedented crisis with 6.3 million people needing protection from deadly violence and aid to get back on their feet, UN humanitarians said on Friday.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said it and its partners "are doing everything we can to support the government's efforts to meet people's immediate needs and, crucially,