The Canadian government is treating the disappearance of a woman from Quebec and her Italian friend in Burkina Faso as a kidnapp.
Edith Blais 34, and Luca Tacchetto 30, were last heard from, on 15th December in the city of Bobo-Dioulasso.
The pair were travelling in Western Africa and were making their way to Togo for a humanitarian project.
Ms Blais’ sister Melanie Blais, said all communications stopped abruptly and every kind of activity and trace just vanished completely.
A facebook group set up by family and friends of Ms Blais, said the couple were heading to Ouagadougou to sell their car but never made it to the Togo border.
The Canadian government has a travel advisory warning against all travel to Burkina Faso along the Togo border because of threats of banditry and terrorism.
