Burkina Faso: UNHCR condemns violence against Malian refugees:
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, condemns violence against Malian refugees, reportedly by the country’s security forces on May 2, housed in the Mentao refugee camp during which at least 32 people were injured, some seriously.
According to refugee accounts, security forces burst into the camp in search of armed elements involved in an attack on soldiers earlier that day on nearby Djibo-Ouagadougou road. The incident had left one security personnel dead and another missing.