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In the ITCT video of the Burkina AQ announcement it's worth noting that there is now a caveat saying:

UPDATE: According to ITCT Associate Jasmine Opperman, the video is not new and in fact it is a clip from an older Al-Qaeda video that was released by Al-Qaeda’s Mali branch in 2017.
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Canadian/Italian couple missing in Burkina
While not quite the Sahara, the news is relevant to anyone attempting to traverse from the North. Mainstream media just picking up the disappearance of a Canadian/Italian couple in Burkina last month, so far no news of their fate:
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/quebec...faso-1.4241773
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Hi everybody,

When referencing the FCO travel advice for Burkina, it says:

"In September 2018, 3 foreign nationals were kidnapped in 2 separate incidents (in the far north, and near Burkina Faso’s southern border with Ghana) by armed groups".

I am aware of the incident in the far north where 3 workers from a mine were abducted, but have no information on the one they say happened near the border with Ghana.

Can anybody recollect this incident and what happened?
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I read it as the missing Canadian/Italian couple which Andrasz mentions above, even if the numbers don't quite add up.

Meanwhile in the graphic below, places to avoid in Mali.
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Hi Chris,

I don't follow that, as the Italian/Canadian were last seen on 15 December 2018 in Bobo.

The FCO are referencing a kidnapping close to the Ghana border in September 2018 - yet there is absolutely no mention of any such incident anywhere that I can find.

In September 2018 we know that a catholic priest was taken hostage in Niger (close to the Burkina border), and 3 mine workers were kidnapped in the north of Burkina (close to the Mali border). But nothing about an abduction in Burkina close to the Ghana border.

Anbody else able to find anything?
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Hi Chris,

I don't follow that, as the Italian/Canadian were last seen on 15 December 2018 in Bobo.

The FCO are referencing a kidnapping close to the Ghana border in September 2018 - yet there is absolutely no mention of any such incident anywhere that I can find.

In September 2018 we know that a catholic priest was taken hostage in Niger (close to the Burkina border), and 3 mine workers were kidnapped in the north of Burkina (close to the Mali border). But nothing about an abduction in Burkina close to the Ghana border.

Anbody else able to find anything?

I did not find anything on the kidnapping close to the Ghana border. It would be the kidnapping of 1 foreigner since the 3 kidnapped in the north were of nationalities: burkinabé, indian and south africain.

I would think that the kidnapping close to Ghana is false information. The website "garda.com" is excellent at posting any incident in countries and there is nothing about that kidnapping.

The other kidnappings in 2018 were locals.

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But nothing about an abduction in Burkina close to the Ghana border...
So maybe it was wrt the Italian priest and the FCO got the border country wrong.

Why not contact them to check.
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