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Mali: Jihadist group intensifies religious persecution and charges Christians “jizya” tax
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Confidential sources contacted by ACN speak of a worsening of discrimination against Christian communities in two villages in the Mopti region of Mali. According to ...
Gunmen attack seminary and abduct rector in Nigeria
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Unidentified armed men stormed a Catholic seminary in southern Nigeria on Sunday, October 27th, and kidnapped its rector. The terrorists attacked Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary ...
Bishop in Mozambique recalls “seven years of death and suffering” in Cabo Delgado
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Bishop Antonio Juliasse says that ACN continues to be a “friendly hand,” having stood by the local Church through a conflict that has already killed ...
Burkina Faso: Terrorists carry out brutal massacre over three days
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In early October, terrorists killed at least 150 people, including many Christians, in northeastern Burkina Faso, revealing their increasing brutality and determination to spread terror ...
Help for the Training of Seminarians in the Congo
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The Diocese of Butembo-Beni is in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It lies in a crisis region between the Congo and Uganda, and is ...
A Vehicle for Pastoral Work in Burundi
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Some time ago, we told you about an appeal from Burundi, a small country in Central Africa that is now regarded as the poorest in ...
Burkina Faso: Displaced Christians feel like the exiled people of God
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Father André Poré is the parish priest of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus in Burkina Faso. His parish has received many refugees from elsewhere ...
Help reaches Nigeria flood victims
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Vital aid from a Catholic charity has reached flood victims in northern Nigeria, but a senior Christian leader warns that the scale of the human ...
The flooding in Nigeria “is overwhelming,” says bishop
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At least 50,000 Christians have been directly affected by the flooding in Maiduguri in northern Nigeria, though the actual numbers could be far higher. ACN ...
“Forty percent of our city is underwater,” says bishop in Nigeria
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The Nigerian city of Maiduguri was recently hit by terrible flooding. Aid to the Church in Need is helping the local diocese with food, sanitation, ...