The President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a statement in Abuja said the Nigerian leader made the call at the Extraordinary Summit of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government on Counter-Terrorism in Ouagadougou.
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But a youth protest against him, stones pelting one of his delegation’s vehicles and a botched grenade attack on French troops hours before his arrival in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou showed the hostility that still lingers after decades of an often tense France-Africa relationship.
Guterres extended his heartfelt condolences to the Government and people of Burkina Faso and wished a speedy recovery to the injured, in a statement issued by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
Suspected Islamist militants opened fire on patrons at a restaurant in the capital of Ouagadougou, killing at least 18 people and wounding several others.