PERSECUTION OUTLOOK: BURKINA FASO

CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION IN Burkina Faso - 2022

Since 2015, Burkina Faso has become a significant site of jihadist violence, and towns have been ruined and emptied as a result. Schools and churches have closed; more than a million people have fled; and for those who remain, transportation is limited, with roads under terrorist control. Plus, our project partners report, children are recruited for military service by so-called “warriors of God,” and Christians are regular targets of attack and discrimination, including bans on prayer. This chaos quiets many Christians who would otherwise declare their faith, as does a fear of rejection.

Projects funded in Burkina Faso 2021: 75

Construction: 11

Transportation: 12

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Mass Stipends: 10

Humanitarian: 4

Media: 2

Bibles: 0

Training of priests: 23

Existence Help: 9

Faith Formation: 4

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