UN chief says Burkina Faso has no grounds to expel envoy
Sgt4succsess SMACIN GRACEFULL TEAM UN chief says Burkina Faso has no grounds to expel envoy Statement comes after military government ordered senior United Nations official Barbara Manzi to leave Burkina Faso immediately. ADVERTISEMENT The United Nations has said Burkina Faso had no grounds for ordering senior UN official Barbara Manzi to leave the country and that the doctrine of “persona non grata” could not be applied to her. ADVERTISEMENT Burkina Faso’s military government on Friday put out a statement instructing Manzi, an Italian national who was appointed UN resident coordinator last year, to leave the country with immediate effect. ADVERTISEMENT Foreign minister Olivia Rouamba later accused Manzi of painting a negative picture of the security situation in Burkina Faso, which has been grappling with a security crisis and escalating violence since 2