Burkina Faso: kidnapping of an American nun in the northwest of the country
Sahel Nature Reserve, in Tambao, in northern Burkina Faso.
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In Burkina Faso, a nun of American nationality was kidnapped on the night of April 4 to 5, 2022, in the northwest of the country, precisely in the locality of Yalgo.
Sister Suellen Tennyson is over 80 years old, her abduction, which has not yet been claimed, was carried out by armed men between midnight and one o'clock in the morning.
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The abduction of Sister Suellen Tennyson was confirmed by the bishopric of Kaya, which issued a press release.
Reached by telephone, Father Paul Dah, in charge of communication for the Episcopal Conference in Burkina Faso, indicated that the 83-year-old American nun had been living since 2014 with two other sisters within the congregation of Marianite sisters. of Sainte-Croix,
located in Yalgo
, a locality in the extreme north of the province of Namentenga.
Only the American nun was kidnapped in the middle of the night, between midnight and one o'clock in the morning, by elements of an unidentified armed group.
As they left, the kidnappers vandalized the halls and sabotaged the community's vehicle.
The city of Yalgo borders the province of Soum where armed groups are particularly active.
In this area, attacks against civilians have increased.
The kidnapping of the American nun has not yet been claimed.
She is an expatriate who is of American origin.
They are three sisters in the community, two of whom are expatriates.
She's one of the expatriates who was abducted.
Father Paul Dah, in charge of communication for the Episcopal Conference in Burkina Faso and Niger
Guillaume Thibault
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