ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat has strongly condemned the abduction of more than 50 women and girls in Burkina Faso.
The AU Commission chairperson "condemns in the strongest terms, the abduction of more than 50 women and girls on Jan. 12 and 13 in the Arbinda area in Burkina Faso's northern Sahel Region, by unidentified armed men," an AU statement issued late Wednesday quoted Faki as saying.
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