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 […]
Concerns over reported rise in extremism in Burkina Faso
World Watch Monitor A church in Burkina Faso, where more than 20 per cent of the population is Christian. PICTURE: khym54 via Flickr; CC 2.0 Christian and Muslim leaders in Burkina Faso met recently to discuss interreligious dialogue amidst growing concerns about the spread of violent Islamic extremism in the country, reports Fides. The landlocked West African […]
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 […]