The operation has been ongoing for months but the recent attacks in a popular hotel in Burkina Faso may lead to further strengthening and expansion of the programme.
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He said though the Armed Forces were prepared to confront any terrorist group that meant to attack the country, they would need the co-operation of the citizenry.
Burkina Faso police were questioning several people on Wednesday, including four seen talking to the extremist gunmen who killed 30 people after storming a top hotel and a cafe in the capital, a security source said.
Missionary Mike Riddering was killed while sitting in a cafe in the capital city of Ouagadougou, when the al Qaeda militants opened fire, killing 30 people, according to Reuters. Following a year of transition, Roch Marc Christian Kabore won an election to become leader. She was in Burkina Faso on an assignment by Amnesty International to create a series of photos on women’s rights.
“He made an eternal impact on an immeasurable number of people in Burkina Faso and throughout the world”. “Should this expansion not face an effective response by Burkinabe security forces in the immediate term, additional attacks against targets, especially foreigners, may become a new Burkina Faso’s painful reality”. Some of them participated in the counter-attack that killed three of Friday’s attackers. Kabore campaigned on promises to revive the economic and social fortunes of a landlocked country that produces gold and cotton but remains impoverished.
The attack did not claim any victims and the depot at Yimdi, 20 kilometres west of Ouagadougou, is now under the control of the army, a statement said.
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When news broke Friday about the Al-Qaida attack on Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, the plane carrying the missionaries was diverted to a couple of other stops before eventually making it to its original destination. Even so, said Erin Wilson, their plan to spread faith and love has only been put on hold for the time being. “I think the Burkinabe people are prepared to contribute to develop their country”.
