Doctors Without Borders suspends operations in Burkina Faso

Medical charity MSF suspends operations in Burkina Faso to assess risk

Medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has suspended operations in Burkina Faso while it carries out a risk assessment following the killing of two staff members in the West African state on Feb. 8, it said on Friday.

Doctors Without Borders suspends Burkina Faso operations after fatal shooting

International aid group Doctors Without Borders has suspended non-emergency operations in Burkina Faso after two of its staff were shot and killed there.

Doctors Without Borders suspends operations in Burkina Faso

Aid group Doctors Without Borders said Friday it’s suspending non-emergency services in Burkina Faso after gunmen killed two of its staff there. “This measure, necessary for the time of mourning, is essential to analyze the risks to which our teams are currently exposed,” the group said on Twitter, adding that…

Burkina Faso: MSF suspends its activities after the death of two employees in an attack

In particular, the NGO explained that it wanted to take the time to “analyze the risks to which its teams are exposed.”

Burkina Faso: MSF suspends its activities after the death of two employees in an attack

On 8 February, Doctors Without Borders announced that a “clearly identified” NGO vehicle had been targeted in the north-west of the country and that two of its Burkinabe employees had been killed in the attack.

Doctors Without Borders suspends operations in Burkina Faso

Aid group Doctors Without Borders says it’s suspending non-emergency services in Burkina Faso after two of its staff were killed there