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Survivors of Islamist terrorist killing spree in BURKINA FASO ask for our prayers

Christians in northern Burkina Faso are facing a spate of murderous attacks by Islamist militants.

At least 49 Christians have died in six attacks since 28 April. The city of Kaya alone sheltered 82 pastors and 1145 Christians from 151 households, displaced from various parts of the north. In many cases it is men who have been killed, leaving widows and fatherless children without a protector and breadwinner.

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