New jihadist attacks in Burkina Faso
February 20, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Father Jean-Pierre Keita, a priest whose parish includes 37 villages in Burkina Faso, said that 200 terrorists recently attacked three of the villages, killing at least 26. A subsequent attack left several dead.
One-third of the villages’ inhabitants are Christians. Among the victims was the priest’s father.
Burkina Faso, a West African nation of 23.0 million (map), is 56% Muslim, 26% Christian (16% Catholic), and 17% ethnic religionist. A jihadist insurgency began there in 2015.
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