Catching Our Eye

Main suspect behind Sri Lanka Easter churches’ deaths arrested

India: Eight Christians acquitted of kidnapping and forced conversion

Sudan: Three churches burned down twice within one month

Nigeria: ‘Government is Boko Haram but without bomb’, says church leader

Christians in Africa face ‘explosion’ in violence, senior church leader says

Tag: Sirgadji

Burkina Faso: 5 leaders killed in 3 months as Islamists continue to target churches

May 16, 2019 Burkina Faso Ansar ul Islam, Arbinda, Burkina Faso, Dablo, Islamic extremism, Niger, Oudalan, Singa, Sirgadji, Soum

Church leaders as well as government officials and representatives of the Muslim community attended the funeral of the six killed in the Dablo attack. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

At least ten more Christians have been killed as a spate of attacks on churches continues in northern Burkina Faso. The ten, who died in two attacks on 12 and 13 May, include another Catholic priest, Siméon Yampa. On Monday, 13 May, a procession of four Catholics was attacked while . . . Read More

Burkina Faso church leader killed by Islamists: ‘I’d rather die than leave my community’

May 2, 2019 Burkina Faso Assemblies of God, Burkina Faso, Djibo, IDPs, Islamic extremism, Islamic State West Africa Province, Ken Elliott, Sahel, Sirgadji, Soum, West Africa

An outdoor church outside a home western Burkina Faso.(Photo: CIF Action via Flickr; CC 2.0)

Gunmen who attacked a Protestant church in Burkina Faso on 28 April asked the pastor and five others to convert to Islam before they killed them, World Watch Monitor has learned. Last Sunday’s violence in the West African country appears to have been the first attack, specifically on a church . . . Read More