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Missing Catholic Priest Found Dead in Burkina Faso
The Defense Post ^ | JANUARY 22, 2021

Posted on 01/24/2021 4:58:37 PM PST by nickcarraway

"The priest's lifeless body was found in the Toumousseni Forest," a security source said.

A priest missing since Tuesday in Burkina Faso’s jihadist-plagued southwest has been found dead, security and local sources said Thursday.

“The priest’s lifeless body was found in the Toumousseni Forest” in the Cascades region bordering Ivory Coast and Mali, a security source said.

A local politician confirmed that the priest, Abbot Rodrigue Sanon from the Notre Dame de Soubaganyedougou parish, had been found dead.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; burkinofaso; catholic; crime; murder; priest

1 posted on 01/24/2021 4:58:37 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Burkina Faso used to be a safe, Christian country.


2 posted on 01/24/2021 7:24:33 PM PST by Fido969 (,i.)
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To: Fido969

It used to be Upper Volta.


3 posted on 01/24/2021 7:38:12 PM PST by nickcarraway
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