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Islamic extremists

Children gather in a classroom at school in the village of Dori, Burkina Faso, Tuesday Oct. 20, 2020. More than half of the displaced by growing violence between Islamic extremists and security forces are children, and many are traumatized by their experiences. But mental health services in the West African country are limited, and children are often overlooked for treatment.(Credit: Sam Mednick/AP.)

Burkina Faso diocese holds day of prayer after nearly 200 people killed in Jihadist attack

Aug 29
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Displaced and refugees in the East of Democratic Republic of Congo receiving help from the Catholic Church. (Credit: Aid to the Church in Need.)

Attacks by Islamists in DR Congo increase in East of African country

Jun 4
Ngala Killian Chimtom

In this image made from video, Rwandan and Mozambican police speak to returnees in Palma, Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. A surge of new attacks by an Islamic State-affiliated group in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province has left more than 70 children missing, with fears they may have drowned in a river or been kidnapped by militants as thousands of families fled the violence, local authorities and a group of aid agencies said. (Credit: Marc Hoogsteyns/AP.)

Mozambique: Continued attacks amid a funding shortfall worsens humanitarian crisis

Mar 26
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Burkina Faso mutinous soldiers guard the entrance of the national television station in Ouagadougou, Monday Jan. 24, 2022. (Credit: Sophie Garcia/AP.)

Over a dozen Catholics killed Sunday in Burkina Faso

Feb 27
Ngala Killian Chimtom

A mural is seen in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on March 1, 2023. (Credit: AP Photo.)

Bishops speak about persistent insecurity in Burkina Faso

Feb 24
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Report claims Nigeria security forces care more about cows than Christians

Jan 26
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Nigerian Christians slaughtered in Christmas attacks

Dec 28, 2023
Ngala Killian Chimtom

A Filipino trooper guards the entrance of the site where a bomb exploded in Marawi, southern Philippines on Sunday Dec. 3, 2023. A powerful explosion believed caused by a bomb ripped through a Catholic Mass and killed several people and wounded dozens of others Sunday in a predominantly Muslim city in the southern Philippines, officials said. (Credit: Froilan Gallardo/AP.)

Philippine president blames foreign militants for a bombing that killed 4 Christian worshippers

Dec 3, 2023
Jim Gomez

Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. speaks at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Honolulu, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. (Credit: Audrey McAvoy/AP.)

Philippine troops kill 11 Islamic militants in one of bloodiest anti-insurgency offensives this year

Dec 2, 2023
Jim Gomez

Bishop warns terrorism in Africa’s Sahel threatens peace, cripples church

Jan 13, 2023
Ngala Killian Chimtom