Since 2015, Burkina Faso, which is around 25% Christian, has become a hotbed of violent Islamist extremism. Since 2019, in particular, priests, religious and faithful have been increasingly targeted by terrorists. The Christmas
The Diocese of Fada N’Gourma has been shaken by new terrorist attacks in the parishes of Piéla and Saatenga, in the east of the country, causing many deaths and significant material destruction. These
In early October, terrorists killed at least 150 people, including many Christians, in northeastern Burkina Faso, revealing their increasing brutality and determination to spread terror in a country where insurgents now control over
Fr André Poré is the parish priest of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus in Kongoussi, which has received many refugees, including 2,000 people from Rollo department in the north of Burkina
In only a decade, Burkina Faso has become an epicentre of jihadist violence, with over 40% of the country’s territory outside of government control. The Catholic Church is one of the few institutions
Jihadists killed 26 people in a church, many of them Christians. Local sources have told the international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) of a new terrorist attack in
