Reactions in Burkina Faso after 11 people die in drug unit cells A relative of a victim and a Burkinabe police union representative react after 11 people died in custody overnight in cells at the premises of the anti-drugs unit in Ouagadougou. Poverty stricken Burkina Faso is one of the main transit points for drugs arriving from the ports of West Africa, from where it moves north towards the Malian and Libyan desert. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES