Islamist fundamentalists have been conducting brutal attacks on Christians in the region since 2017, resulting in nearly 5,000 dead and one million displaced refugees.
Burkina Faso has endured an onslaught of violence from radical Islamic terrorism since 2015. Meanwhile, political developments under the Biden administration have added to concerns of a new growth of terrorism.
The risk associated with being a Catholic priest in Nigeria has escalated in recent years as Muslim terror groups continue to commit atrocities against the Nigerian clergy.