Burkina Faso

During her loneliest moments, Sister Suellen prayed for “peaceful patience,” because she saw no end in sight.

In focus: Kidnapped sister freed, devastating floods in Pakistan, school year begins in Ukraine

The attack in which Marianite Sister Suellen Tennyson, 83, was abducted from her convent in Yalgo, Burkina Faso, the morning of April 5 was conducted by at least 10 armed men.

Conflict is driving four countries — Yemen, South Sudan, Burkina Faso and northeastern Nigeria — into famine, the World Food Program warned.