Top UN officials, including Secretary-General António Guterres, have condemned Sunday’s deadly attack on a Catholic church in Burkina Faso.
“The church was burned to the ground, along with other buildings including a health centre,” the UN said on its website. He also recalled the sanctity of all places of worship, and expressed his hopes the perpetrators can be swiftly brought to justice. Also reacting, the UN Resident Coordinator in Burkina Faso, Mrs Metsi Makhetha, tweeted her condemnation of the “heinous attacks”.The UN said the attacks occurred just days after its humanitarian officials, including Makhetha, warned of an “unprecedented” rise in “sophisticated armed attacks in the Sahel”.
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