"He expressed his wish to make a difference ... and that's why he wanted to go to Burkina Faso," she told CBC News. Bilal Diffalah, far left, was a volunteer with a poultry organization in Burkina Faso. Her Cambridge University profile says she was president and co-founder of a non-profit organization called Bright Futures of Burkina Faso. The Canadian-registered charity "supports education and micro-lending initiatives in urban and rural communities in Burkina Faso," the profile reads. Six Quebecers, including a family of four, were killed in Burkina Faso in 2016 when four jihadist attackers linked to al-Qaeda stormed a hotel and nearby cafe in the capital, Ouagadougou.

Source: CBC News August 15, 2017 12:38 UTC