Burkina Faso Doubly Suffers from Conflict and COVID-19August 25, 2020 — 08/25/2020 Burkina Faso (International Christian Concern) – Over the past year, Burkina Faso has seen a vast increase in violence from extremist groups in the north. The extremist groups have...
Church Attack in Burkina Faso Leaves 14 DeadDecember 3, 2019 — 12/03/2019 Burkina Faso (International Christian Concern) – Gunmen attacked a church in Eastern Burkina Faso on Sunday, December 1. The attack took place in the small town of Hantoukoura and...
Parliamentary Leader in Burkina Faso Killed by Jihadists, Sparks Increased FearNovember 13, 2019 — 11/13/2019 Burkina Faso (International Christian Concern) – Oumaru Dicko, a member of parliament and deputy mayor of Djibo, a town in Burkina Faso's Sahel province, was assassinated on the road...
UN Warns of Rising Threat to Children in MaliAugust 15, 2019 — 08/14/2019 Cameroon (International Christian Concern) – Mali has been a hotbed for violence and extremism for many years now. In 2012, extremists and separatists were able to seize control of...
Christian Boy in Uganda Defends his Faith Despite Attack and Death ThreatsNovember 1, 2018 — 11/01/2018 Uganda (International Christian Concern) – A young man in Uganda was strangled, threatened with death and left unconscious because he would not convert to Islam. On Oct. 25, Emmanuel...
Wounded Priest in Indonesia Sword Attack Forgives PerpetratorFebruary 28, 2018 — ICC Note: Jesuit priest Karl-Edmund Prier who was wounded in a recent sword attack at his St. Lidwina Church says he has forgiven his attacker. The radical Muslim suspect attacked the...
Rebel Group Warns of Another Siege Like MarawiFebruary 21, 2018 — ICC Note: A Filipino Muslim rebel group warns that extremists could seize another city in the Philippines as they did with Marawi last year. The five-month siege of Marawi led by...
Violence Against Christians is Rising in Southern MaliNovember 7, 2017 — ICC Note A priest in Mali, Fr. Edmond Dembelé, Secretary General of the Bishops' Conference of Mali, is claiming that Christian communities in Mali are increasingly targeted by extremist Islamists...
