1000 days since kidnap of 84 year old doctor in Burkina Faso: family plea for freedom
World Watch Monitor It’s more than 1,000 days now since an Australian doctor, Ken Elliott, was kidnapped in Djibo, Burkina Faso, on 15th January, 2016. His abduction was claimed by the ‘Emirate of the Sahara’, a branch of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Dubbed ‘the Doctor of the Poor’, Dr Elliott was providing free treatment […]
Burkina Faso pastor and his family released after four days
World Watch Monitor A Christian pastor who was abducted on Sunday with his family in Burkina Faso’s north-eastern province of Soum has been released. Local sources told national broadcaster Omega Radio that Pastor Pierre Boena, his son David and his daughter-in-law, Ami Sawadogo were released on 7th June. A church in Burkina Faso in 2009. The recent […]
Second Christian leader in two weeks kidnapped in Burkina Faso
World Watch Monitor A Christian pastor and three members of his family have been kidnapped in Burkina Faso’s north-eastern province of Soum, two weeks after the kidnapping of another Christian leader and his wife. Pierre Boena, a pastor with an Assembly of God church, was kidnapped during the evening of Sunday, 3rd June. in his […]
Two years on, thousands in Burkina Faso call for release of ‘doctor of the poor’
World Watch Monitor Ken Elliott. PICTURE: Via Facebook Thousands took to the streets of Djibo, a northern town in Burkina Faso, on Monday to call for the government to secure the release of an Australian doctor, Ken Elliott, kidnapped two years ago. The abduction was claimed by the ‘Emirate of the Sahara’, a branch of Al-Qaeda in […]
A year on, Swiss missionary’s captors in Mali release second “proof-of-life” video
World Watch Monitor A video released by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) on Tuesday shows a new proof of life of the Swiss missionary Beatrice Stockly who is being held captive in Mali. The two minute, 17 second video shows a woman – head covered by a black veil – who identifies herself as […]