Swiss citizen arrested in Burkina Faso


  • World
  • Wednesday, 28 Aug 2024

FILE PHOTO: Supporters of Burkina Faso's junta attend a rally to mark the one-year anniversary of the coup that brought Captain Ibrahim Traore to power in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso September 29, 2023.REUTERS/ Yempabou Ouoba/File Photo

ZURICH (Reuters) - A Swiss citizen working on a U.S.-funded aid project has been arrested in Burkina Faso, the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs in Switzerland and a foreign official said on Tuesday.

The motive for the arrest was not immediately clear.

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