Doctors Without Borders condemns the murder of two of its employees, attacked by armed men

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) condemns the assassination Wednesday, February 8 in the morning of two of its employees in Burkina Faso. In a press release published Wednesday evening, the humanitarian association explains that the two employees died in the attack on a medical car, on the road between Dédougou and Tougan, in the north-west of the country. The association suspends its activities in the Boucle du Mouhoun region.

#MSF condemns in the strongest terms the murder of two of its employees in Boucle du Mouhoun, in the north-west of #BurkinaFaso. #MSF suspends its medical activities in the region. https://t.co/GZmso5dKME

— MSF France (@MSF_france) February 8, 2023

According to the association, a medical team of four people were on the way, in a car “clearly identified”when armed men “fired on the crew”. Two employees died. The other two managed to escape.

The two victims, of Burkinabe nationality, were employed by Doctors Without Borders as a driver and as a logistics supervisor. “We are shocked and outraged by this assassination, says Isabelle Defourny, president of MSF. This is a deliberate and intentional attack on a clearly identified humanitarian team as part of its medical mission.”