Burkina junta arrests European NGO workers for ‘spying’

ABIDJAN: Burkina Faso’s military government said Tuesday it had arrested eight members of a humanitarian group, including three Europeans, accusing them of “spying and treason.” Security Minister Mahamadou Sana said the eight were members of INSO, a Netherlands-based group specializing in humanitarian safety, and included a Frenchman, a French-Senegalese woman, a Czech man, a Malian and four Burkinabe nationals. Those arrested included the country director of the NGO in the west African state and his deputy, Sana said.

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