West Africa: Terrorist attacks on journalists in the Sahel must be addressed urgently
In April 2021, journalists were killed and kidnapped in two Sahel countries, Burkina Faso and Mali. Credit: Wikimedia/Munion
ARTICLE 19 strongly condemns the recent terrorist attacks on journalists in Mali and Burkina Faso, which resulted in the deaths of three people and the kidnapping of another.
The murder of two Spanish journalists and an Irish conservationist, as well as the disappearance of a Burkinabé citizen in eastern Burkina Faso on 26 April, are deplorable. The two journalists were working on an anti-poaching documentary at the time of their deaths.
Two Spanish journalists and an Irish citizen killed in Burkina Faso
Two Spanish journalists and an Irish citizen have been killed after they were kidnapped during an anti-poaching patrol in Burkina Faso on Monday.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez confirmed the deaths of the Spanish nationals Tuesday in a post on Twitter. “The worst news has been confirmed. All of our affection for the families,” he wrote.
Sánchez identified them as David Beriain and Roberto Fraile.
The pair were part of a group of 40 people patrolling a national park near the border of Burkina Faso and Benin in West Africa, Spain’s Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya told a press conference in Madrid Tuesday shortly before their deaths were officially confirmed.
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Over â¬12,000 raised to help family of Irish dad killed by terrorists
More than €12,000 has been raised to help the family of an Irish dad of two who was murdered by terrorists in Burkina Faso.
Rory Young, who had dual citizenship in Zambia and Ireland, was ambushed and taken hostage by gunmen while leading an anti-poaching patrol on Monday.
Spanish journalists David Beriáin, 44, and photographer Roberto Fraile, 47, were working with the campaigner described as a ‘wildlife hero’ on a documentary about poachers in a national park bordering Benin when they were attacked. The pair were also kidnapped and murdered.
More than €12,000 has been raised to help the family of an Irish dad of two who was murdered by terrorists in Burkina Faso. Pic: Rory Young/Twitter