CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Christian Mother Abducted, Others Killed by Islamists

On 13 February 2025, Islamists abducted a Christian mother of five as she worked in her family’s cropland in Bocaranga, in the northwestern region of the Central African Republic. “That day I didn’t go to the garden. I stayed at home,” said her husband, Emil. “While she was in the garden, she was caught by them and kidnapped.” The kidnappers have called Emil and demanded an exorbitant ransom for her return. “I don’t have any solution, so I cry out to the Lord for help in this situation. I cry out to him,” he said. On 27 February 2025, Islamists also raided a nearby village, burning 75 homes and killing roughly a dozen people. The Islamist attacks in the area have been ongoing for several years, filling Bocaranga with displaced Christians seeking safety.

• Pray that God will change the attackers' hearts and bring peace to their land.

• Pray for the hearts of Believers to remain "stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord" (1 Cor 15:58 KJV).