UN condemns kidnap of 50 Burkinabé women
UN secretary general Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned the abduction of some 50 women and girls in the surroundings of Arbinda, in the Sahel region of Burkina Faso, reportedly by unidentified Armed Groups.
According to the government, Islamist militants kidnapped around 50 women searching for food in Burkina Faso’s northern province of Soum, a hotbed of jihadist activity.
The women were kidnapped in separate incidents on Thursday and Friday as they foraged for food in the latest attack on civilians by suspected Al-Qaeda and Islamic State-linked extremists.
Mr Guterres, in a statement on Tuesday by his deputy spokesman, Farhan Haq, called for the immediate and unconditional release of the abducted women and girls and their safe return to their families.
Mr Haq said the secretary general urged the Burkinabé authorities to spare no effort in bringing those responsible for this crime to justice.
(NAN)
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