Yagoa, 04 February, 2022 / 9:35 pm (ACI Africa).
The Catholic Bishop of Cameroon’s Yagoua Diocese has decried rising Boko Haram insurgency in the Northern part of the country that he says has become the epicenter of militant activities in the Central African nation.
In a Friday, February 4 report, Bishop Barthélemy Yaouda Hourgo tells the Pontifical charity foundation, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Portugal, that militants are responsible for the high poverty levels in the region that is situated close to the border with Chad and Nigeria, and that the inhabitants are struggling to survive.
“The Diocese of Yagoua is in a Boko Haram zone, which explains our extreme poverty, our extreme misery,” Bishop Yaouda told ACN Portugal, and added that militants were trying to establish a caliphate in the region.
He noted that without the support of the Pontifical charity organization that supports Church activities in regions experiencing persecution, the work of Priests and the formation of Seminarians would be very difficult.
“Without this help it would be difficult… because we come from very poor environments and people don't have the means to pay the Seminary fees for their children, we don't have the means to build churches and the Priests don't even have the means to travel in their diocese to visit the parishes, nor to dress themselves,” the Bishop of Yagoua said.
