The Voice of the suffering in Africa

A terrorist group that claims allegiance to ISIS arrived in Naquitengue in the early afternoon and summoned everyone in the village. They then separated the Christians from the Muslims, based on names and ethnicity.

Bishop Kundi said: "The attackers were aiming to kidnap the parish priest. When they failed in their attempt to enter the father's house, they set it on fire. The two priests were able to escape but, terribly, the seminarian was burned inside."

“They are both fine, alive, and healthy, despite the trauma endured at the hands of their captors.”

“Seeing how much the people wanted our presence, after 40 years without women religious, exceeded our expectations. It was a very simple, but very generous, welcome.”

"This place is isolated from the rest of the world, cut off by mines and checkpoints, which are manned by terrorists. We can only get in by helicopter. But around Pentecost this year, terrorists began to target the local population. Many people were killed or seriously injured and had to be air-lifted out. The terrorists have also seized livestock and are doing everything they can to get people to convert to Islam."

“It was a heartbreaking scene,” he said. “They were given a mass burial in a rain-soaked grave. These are poor villagers who don’t have money for food, much less coffins.”