Oct 10, 2025 #BurkinaFaso #BurkinaFasoMilitaryGovernment #NGOArrests
Burkina Faso’s military government says it has arrested eight people wor

Oct 10, 2025 #BurkinaFaso #BurkinaFasoMilitaryGovernment #NGOArrests
Burkina Faso’s military government says it has arrested eight people working for a humanitarian organisation, accusing them of “spying and treason”, allegations the Dutch nonprofit “categorically” rejected.
Burkina Faso’s Security Minister Mahamadou Sana said the eight people arrested worked for the International NGO Safety Organisation (INSO), a Netherlands-based group specialising in humanitarian safety.
Those detained included a French man, a French-Senegalese woman, a Czech man, a Malian and four Burkinabe nationals, Sana said, alleging the staff members had continued working for the organisation after it was banned for three months, for allegedly “collecting sensitive data without authorisation”.
The Hague-based humanitarian organisation issued a statement on Tuesday saying it “categorically” rejected the allegations about its activities in Burkina Faso.

Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque reports.