The ACN Journal provides the latest news about Aid to the Church in Need and our work protecting the rights of Christians and supporting the suffering and persecuted Church.
Catechists, often at the risk to their own lives, are pillars of the Church in Burkina Faso. Despite the continuous terrorist threats against them, they assure, in the absence of priests, the continuity of faith in villages and displacement camps. In an interview with ACN, a priest from the Diocese of Kaya explains that being a catechist means giving yourself entirely, guided by unshakeable faith in Christ.
Read MoreThree more attacks have taken place in eastern Burkina Faso, leaving 150 people dead. Over 100 terrorists struck the villages of Ziéla, Kombembgo, and Kouri, burning houses and vehicles and leaving significant death and destruction in their wake. These attacks form part of a pattern of terrorist violence which has been going on in the country since 2015.
Read MoreACN launched ‘Persecuted and Forgotten? A Report on Christians oppressed for their Faith 2022-24’ , highlighting the reality that Christian persecution has significantly worsened in most countries. We examined the situation for Christians in 18 countries of key concern between summer 2022 and summer 2024. Our findings provide global and regional analysis from Nicaragua in Latin America to Myanmar in the Far East to Burkina Faso in West Africa.
Read MoreIn early October, terrorists killed at least 150 people, including many Christians, in northeastern Burkina Faso, revealing their increasing brutality and determination to spread terror in a country where, after horrific attacks in August 2024, insurgents now control over half of the territory.
Read MoreJihadists have killed 26 people in a church in Burkina Faso, many of whom are Christians. The attack took place only one day after the massacre in the village of Barsalogho, in the Dioceses of Kaya where at least 150 people were killed, although the actual number may be as high as 250, according to local sources, with another 150 seriously injured.
Read MoreOver 150 people have been killed in one of the deadliest attacks in the history of Burkina Faso. The Bishop of Kaya called for a day of mourning and three days of prayer for the victims. There have been multiple Islamist attacks in Burkina Faso this August. This was one of the bloodiest in the history of the country, which has been suffering from Islamist terrorism since 2015.
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