Edith Blais of Quebec and her travel companion, Luca Taccheto of Italy, went missing in December while travelling in Burkina Faso
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. In a January statement, Burkina Faso's government referred to the pair's disappearance as a kidnapping.The Canadian government did not confirm the information, but said it was not ruling out any possibilities."While no armed Islamist group has taken responsibility for their abduction, they are believed to have been kidnapped and later taken to Mali," the report, titled"Abuses by Armed Islamist Groups in Burkina Faso's Sahel Region," states.
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