Kidnappings reported at Burkina Faso’s Burkinabe gold mine

Djibo, in the Soum Province of Burkina Faso's Sahel

A SOUTH African national has been kidnapped in Burkina Faso, a day after three people including a South African working at a Burkinabe gold mine run by Ghana-based Balaji had been abducted, said Reuters citing South African government officials.

Security is a major concern for mining companies and investors in West African nations including Burkina Faso, which has been hit by Islamist attacks and social unrest, said Reuters. “The government through the South African missions in that region is working with law enforcement agencies,” the department of international relations and cooperation in Pretoria said in a statement.

It gave no further details.