Pan African Minerals

The task force set in place by the Romanian Foreign Ministry (MAE) to deal with the kidnapping of a Romanian national in Burkina Faso will operate continuously, MAE reports in a press release.

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A Romanian court has ruled that the alleged followers of the Islamic State group, ISIS, represented a danger to the security of the country and ordered their expulsion.

They were prohibited from returning to the country for between three to seven years, Romania's internal intelligence agency, SRI, said in a statement on Saturday.

Gunmen kidnapped a Romanian security officer from a manganese mining project in northern Burkina Faso on Saturday, Reuters reports.

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