Last month in northern Burkina Faso there were attacks on a church and on a procession of Catholics. These have raised fears of religious strife in a country where security remains a major challenge. These attacks follow the murder of a pastor and five congregants in Silgadji, in the north, and the kidnapping of a Catholic priest.
These events are part of a violent trend that is mostly affecting the country's northern and eastern regions. Terrorist attacks and inter-communal conflict - like the massacre of Fulani in Yirgou (north) in early 2019 - there are concerns have many concerned for the West African nation.
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