Journalists Killed in Burkina Faso Amid Ongoing Insecurity

BAMAKO, MALI - The killings this week in Burkina Faso of two Spanish journalists, along with an Irish conservationist, has underscored the risks journalists face in Africa's Sahel region. Press freedom supporters say threats to reporters have been growing in the Sahel, along with Islamist insurgencies in the region.

The bodies of Spanish journalists David Beriain and Roberto Fraile arrived in Spain on Friday. They were working with Irish conservationist Rory Young on a documentary about poaching in Eastern Burkina Faso this week when they were ambushed, abducted and killed.    A Burkinabé soldier accompanying the group on Monday remains missing.  The Associated Press reported an al-Qaida-linked jihadist group claimed responsibility for the attack.