“Safe haven” for fleeing families hit by attacks in Burkina Faso
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation Deadly attacks on Christians in a “safe haven” for thousands fleeing violence in Burkina Faso mark a new phase of crisis, the United Nations said on Thursday, as jihadis expand their reach. About 16 people died in three attacks on churches and a religious procession in the last two weeks, threatening […]
Six killed in another attack on a Burkina Faso church
Six people, including a priest, have died after gunmen opened fire while Mass was being celebrated in a Catholic church in the country’s north on Sunday. It has been reported that 20 to 30 attackers on motorcycles shot and killed six people at the church in Dablo before setting fire to it and other buildings […]