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Burkina Faso police accidentally kill missionary

April 03, 2023

CWN Editor's Note: According to the report, Brother Moses Simukonde was the victim of a stray bullet.

Burkina Faso, a West African nation of 21.9 million (map), is 56% Muslim, 23% Christian (15% Catholic), and 20% ethnic religionist. A jihadist insurgency began there in 2015.

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