Ousséni Tamboura, Burkina Faso s Minister of Communication and government spokesman, has said terrorism spares no one following the killing of three foreigners in the easternpart of the country and deadly attacks on villages in the Seytenga district in the north of the country.
Burkina Faso has been targeted by jihadist attacks since 2015, as have its Sahel neighbours Mali and Niger.
The most recent attack on a convoy of expatriates and security forces which left two Spanish journalists and an Irish citizen killed in the eastern part of Burkina Faso have raised light to the situation.
The bodies of two Spanish journalists and the Irish wildlife activistwere on Wednesday awaiting repatriation from the capital Ouagadougou, where they had been brought by helicopter late the previous night.
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Bodies of Europeans killed in B.Faso await repatriation flight AFP 7 hrs ago © Sia KAMBOU Burkina has suffered jihadist attacks since 2015
The bodies of two Spanish journalists and an Irish wildlife activist killed in eastern Burkina Faso were on Wednesday awaiting repatriation from the capital Ouagadougou, where they had been brought by helicopter late the previous night.
Spain, Ireland and Burkina were discussing details of the flight for the remains, a government source in Ouagadougou said, including whether the Europeans bodies would be returned on one or two separate aircraft. No date has been set for now, the source said.
Helicopter drops thousands of litres of water over Killarney park to battle fire Tougher penalties considered for those who start fires after Killarney park blaze
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The Coast Guard helicopter is flying over the entire Killarney National Park on Monday morning in an effort to co-ordinate the battle against huge fires which have swept through miles of mountain and forest in the park since Saturday and spot if fires believed extinguished have reignited.
Helicopter drops of thousands of litres of water began at 7am over Tomies Mountain, at the northern end of the park.