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
The Bishop of Kaya calls for a day of mourning and three days of prayer for the victims. On 24 August, the town of Barsalogho in Burkina Faso was the target of a
Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) expresses its deepest concern and sorrow following the kidnapping and subsequent killing of the catechist Edouard Yougbare from the parish of Saatenga in Fada Gourma, Burkina
An attack in the diocese of Dori, on Sunday 25 February, was just the latest in a string of terror strikes in Burkina Faso. Faced with persecution, the Church responds with charity and
Murder of two scouts and expulsion of Christians in the North-West of the country Terrorists have forced the Christian population of Débé in Burkina Faso to leave their village. Earlier they shot dead
