Irish Government investigating reports of missing Irish journalist in Burkina Faso after convoy attack

Soldiers on patrol in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Image: LEGNAN KOULA/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Soldiers on patrol in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Image: LEGNAN KOULA/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock THE DEPARTMENT OF Foreign Affairs is investigating reports that an Irish national is missing in war-torn Burkina Faso.

It is understood that two journalists, possibly a Spanish reporter and a journalist described as Irish, have gone missing. Sources have said that the situation is “very fluid” in the area and that diplomatic and security efforts were underway to confirm the identities of those missing.It is believed three people were injured and two, said to be Western journalists, missing.

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