{"id":62152,"date":"2016-01-19T00:28:48","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T22:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/canada-extends-condolences-following-deaths-of-canadians-in-ouagadougou\/"},"modified":"2016-01-19T00:28:48","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T22:28:48","slug":"canada-extends-condolences-following-deaths-of-canadians-in-ouagadougou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/canada-extends-condolences-following-deaths-of-canadians-in-ouagadougou\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada extends condolences following deaths of Canadians in Ouagadougou"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span dir=\"ltr\"> TORONTO, Canada, January 18, 2016\/APO (African Press Organization)\/ &#8212; <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Honourable St\u00e9phane Dion, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, today issued the following statement concerning the deaths of more than 20 civilians, including six Canadians, in yesterday\u2019s terrorist attack in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso:<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of the Government of Canada, we extend our deepest condolences to the family and friends of those killed in yesterday\u2019s attack in Ouagadougou, among them Canadian aid workers and volunteers, and wish a speedy recovery to those injured.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCanada condemns in the strongest terms any act that threatens the safety of civilians, including those who strive to improve the lives of vulnerable people around the world. Working in challenging and dangerous situations, their efforts to create lasting ties between peoples while building a more just and peaceful world will never cease.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe stand with Burkina Faso and its people at this difficult time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis attack is yet again another reminder of the danger terrorism poses around the world and the need to work with partners to deal with global threats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCanadian officials are currently working with local authorities and are providing consular services to the families of Canadians affected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Canadian citizens in Burkina Faso requiring emergency consular assistance should contact the Canadian embassy in Ouagadougou at +226 25 49 08 00 or call the Global Affairs Canada 24\/7 Emergency Watch and Response Centre collect at +1 613 996 8885. An email can also be sent to sos@international.gc.ca.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO, Canada, January 18, 2016\/APO (African Press Organization)\/ &#8212; The Honourable St\u00e9phane Dion, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, today issued the following statement concerning the deaths of more than 20 civilians, including six Canadians, in yesterday\u2019s terrorist attack in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: \u201cOn behalf [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4584],"tags":[428,4585,830],"class_list":{"0":"post-62152","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-africa-news-2","7":"tag-africa","8":"tag-apo","9":"tag-news","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62152\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}