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Coverage dated April 5, 2022

Sister: Gunmen took 83-year-old nun from bed in Burkina Faso

Headline from Omaha World-Herald

A Louisiana official for an order of Catholic nuns says 10 gunmen kidnapped an 83-year-old American nun from her bed in the west African nation of Burkina Faso and destroyed

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  1. Al Jazeera

    American nun kidnapped by gunmen in Burkina Faso (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Suellen Tennyson, 83, was taken from her parish in Yalgo by unknown assailants on Monday night, the local diocese said.

  2. MyNorthwest

    Armed men kidnap nun, 83, from convent in Burkina Faso (opens MyNorthwest)

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    NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Unidentified armed men have kidnapped an 83-year-old nun who was serving as a missionary in the west African nation of Burkina Faso,

  3. Omaha World-Herald

    Sister: Gunmen took 83-year-old nun from bed in Burkina Faso (opens Omaha World-Herald)

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    Omaha World-Herald's feed description

    A Louisiana official for an order of Catholic nuns says 10 gunmen kidnapped an 83-year-old American nun from her bed in the west African nation of Burkina Faso and destroyed

  4. Fox News

    American nun, 83, kidnapped in Burkina Faso by gunmen (opens Fox News)

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    An 83-year-old Catholic nun from New Orleans working as a missionary in Burkina Faso since 2014 has been abducted, according to the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

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