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People ride their scooters in the Gounghin district of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso on Jan. 26, 2022. (Credit: Sophie Garcia/AP.)

Church in Africa

Vatican praises Burkina Faso for fight against terrorism

by Ngala Killian Chimtom February 19, 2025February 19, 2025

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.)

Church in Africa

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

by Ngala Killian Chimtom August 29, 2024August 29, 2024

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

Church in Africa

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

by Ngala Killian Chimtom June 4, 2024June 4, 2024

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.)

Church in Africa

Mozambique: Continued attacks amid a funding shortfall worsens humanitarian crisis

by Ngala Killian Chimtom March 26, 2024

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

Church in Africa

Over a dozen Catholics killed Sunday in Burkina Faso

by Ngala Killian Chimtom February 27, 2024February 27, 2024

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

Church in Africa

Bishops speak about persistent insecurity in Burkina Faso

by Ngala Killian Chimtom February 24, 2024

Church in Africa

Report claims Nigeria security forces care more about cows than Christians

by Ngala Killian Chimtom January 26, 2024January 26, 2024

Church in Africa

Nigerian Christians slaughtered in Christmas attacks

by Ngala Killian Chimtom December 28, 2023

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

by Jim Gomez December 3, 2023

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

by Jim Gomez December 2, 2023

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