The risk of being caught in crossfire or kidnapped by gangs means everywhere outside the home is dangerous
, he anticipates being shot. “I know so many people, so many people who died or went to hospital because they got hit by aThe social justice activist says the risk of being accidentally hit in crossfire or kidnapped by gangs that now control 80 per cent of the city means public spaces, supermarkets, banks, bars or restaurants – everywhere outside home – is dangerous. “We don’t know at any moment what could happen,” he said.
Mr Boumba works from home in the Turgeau area of the capital, which he says has not recently been attacked, only leaving briefly when absolutely necessary. The whole city is under curfew between 7pm and 6am. He has access to power through solar panels, but gangs have plunged parts of the city into darkness this week after attacking four of the country’searlier this month shows little signs of abating.
Some households are relying on petrol generators, but the cost of living and fuel has risen sharply. “Before the assassination of the president, five litres of gasoline was 200 gourdes now you pay like 1,000-1,500 ,” said Mr Boumba. “I miss him all the time and he misses me too,” he said. “When I was a child I used to go everywhere in the metropolitan area to visit my friends. It’s hard to recognise those places now.”
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