Burkina Faso: Catechist Murdered in the East of the Country

[Agenzia Fides] Ouagadougou -- The catechist Edouard Zoetyenga Yougbare was kidnapped and killed near Saatenga, in the diocese of Fada N'Gourma, in eastern Burkina Faso. According to a diocesan priest quoted by the Aci Africa news agency, the catechist was looking for his donkey on April 18 when the area where he was staying was about three kilometers from Kamona, a suburb on the outskirts of the center of Saatenga, was attacked by an armed group, possibly shepherds from the Peuls tribe. Several people who were in the area were