{"id":67411,"date":"2025-10-30T01:41:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T01:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=67411"},"modified":"2025-10-30T01:41:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T01:41:55","slug":"catholic-priest-appeals-for-prayers-for-evangelical-missionary-kidnapped-in-niger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/catholic-priest-appeals-for-prayers-for-evangelical-missionary-kidnapped-in-niger\/","title":{"rendered":"Un pr\u00eatre catholique appelle \u00e0 la pri\u00e8re pour un missionnaire \u00e9vang\u00e9lique enlev\u00e9 au Niger"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 100%; margin-bottom: 25px;\">\n  <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/images\/nigermap102425.jpg?ssl=1\" style=\"display: block; margin: auto; max-width: 100%\" \/><br \/>\n  <span style=\"text-align: right; font-style: italic;\">null \/ Cr\u00e9dit : Blue Mist Film Studios\/Shutterstock<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>ACI Afrique, 24 oct. 2025 \/ 12h32 (CNA).<\/p>\n<p>Un pr\u00eatre catholique au Burkina Faso a appel\u00e9 \u00e0 la pri\u00e8re pour la lib\u00e9ration en toute s\u00e9curit\u00e9 d'un missionnaire chr\u00e9tien \u00e9vang\u00e9lique enlev\u00e9 au Niger le mardi 21 octobre.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Rideout, un missionnaire am\u00e9ricain, a \u00e9t\u00e9 enlev\u00e9 \u00e0 son domicile dans la capitale du pays, Niamey, par trois hommes arm\u00e9s non identifi\u00e9s soup\u00e7onn\u00e9s d'\u00eatre des djihadistes, selon une note partag\u00e9e avec ACI Afrique, le partenaire d'information de CNA en Afrique.<\/p>\n<p>La note pr\u00e9cise en outre que le missionnaire am\u00e9ricain est \u00ab d\u00e9vou\u00e9 \u00e0 la formation de pilotes d'aviation missionnaire au service des minist\u00e8res \u00e9vang\u00e9liques, m\u00e9dicaux et d'implantation d'\u00e9glises, ainsi qu'\u00e0 la fourniture de transport a\u00e9rien humanitaire d'urgence \u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab Les conclusions pr\u00e9liminaires de l'enqu\u00eate indiquent que les ravisseurs se sont dirig\u00e9s vers la r\u00e9gion de Tillab\u00e9ri \u00bb, indique la note.<\/p>\n<p>Dans une interview accord\u00e9e \u00e0 ACI Afrique le 23 octobre, le p\u00e8re Etienne Tandamba, membre du clerg\u00e9 du dioc\u00e8se de Fada N'Gourma au Burkina Faso, a appel\u00e9 \u00e0 la pri\u00e8re pour la lib\u00e9ration de Rideout.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab Nous prions pour sa lib\u00e9ration en toute s\u00e9curit\u00e9. Le Burkina Faso, tout comme le Niger, est confront\u00e9 \u00e0 des probl\u00e8mes d'ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 dus \u00e0 la pr\u00e9sence de djihadistes \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 \u00e0 ACI Afrique le p\u00e8re Tandamba, directeur de la communication du dioc\u00e8se de Fada N'Gourma.<\/p>\n<p>L'enl\u00e8vement de Rideout au Niger survient dans un contexte d'aggravation de l'ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 dans la r\u00e9gion du Sahel, o\u00f9 le Mali, le Burkina Faso et le Niger sont tous pass\u00e9s sous r\u00e9gime militaire \u00e0 la suite de coups d'\u00c9tat en 2021, 2022 et 2023, respectivement.<\/p>\n<p>Depuis 2010, Rideout vit \u00e0 Niamey, o\u00f9 il travaillait comme pilote pour l'organisation am\u00e9ricaine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sim.org\/about-sim-international\/\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Servir en mission<\/a> organization.<\/p>\n<p>En r\u00e9ponse \u00e0 cet enl\u00e8vement, l'ambassade des \u00c9tats-Unis au Niger a publi\u00e9 un <a href=\"https:\/\/ne.usembassy.gov\/security-alert-u-s-embassy-niamey-october-22-2025\/\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">security alert<\/a> le 22 octobre, d\u00e9clarant : \u00ab Les citoyens am\u00e9ricains restent expos\u00e9s \u00e0 un risque accru d'enl\u00e8vement dans tout le Niger, y compris dans la capitale. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab En raison de l'inqui\u00e9tude accrue concernant la menace d'enl\u00e8vement, l'ambassade a modifi\u00e9 sa posture de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 pour exiger des v\u00e9hicules blind\u00e9s pour tous les d\u00e9placements du personnel de l'ambassade et des membres de leur famille, a restreint les mouvements du personnel de l'ambassade et des membres de leur famille, et a instaur\u00e9 un couvre-feu obligatoire et une obligation de rendre compte r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 l'ambassade.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Elle a ajout\u00e9 que \u00ab tous les restaurants et march\u00e9s en plein air sont interdits au personnel de l'ambassade des \u00c9tats-Unis et aux membres de leur famille \u00bb.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cet article <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aciafrica.org\/news\/18251\/we-pray-for-his-safe-release-catholic-priest-on-abduction-of-evangelical-christian-missionary-in-niger\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><em>a \u00e9t\u00e9 publi\u00e9 pour la premi\u00e8re fois<\/em><\/a><em> par ACI Afrique, partenaire d'information de CNA en Afrique, et a \u00e9t\u00e9 adapt\u00e9 par CNA.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/267381\/catholic-priest-appeals-for-prayers-for-evangelical-missionary-kidnapped-in-niger\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/267381\/catholic-priest-appeals-for-prayers-for-evangelical-missionary-kidnapped-in-niger<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>null \/ Credit: Blue Mist Film Studios\/Shutterstock ACI Africa, Oct 24, 2025 \/ 12:32 pm (CNA). A Catholic priest in Burkina Faso has appealed for prayers for the safe release of an evangelical Christian missionary abducted in Niger on Tuesday, Oct. 21. Kevin Rideout, an American missionary, was abducted from his home in the country\u2019s [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":67824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-67411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Catholic-priest-appeals-for-prayers-for-evangelical-missionary-kidnapped-in-Niger.webp?fit=800%2C534&quality=75&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":67802,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/jihadists-abduct-us-missionary-in-niger\/","url_meta":{"origin":67411,"position":0},"title":"Jihadists Abduct US Missionary in Niger","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"novembre 6, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Three armed men abducted American missionary pilot Kevin Rideout\u00a0from his home in the middle of the night last week in Niamey, Niger. \u00a0 The suspected Islamic jihadists kidnapped 48-year-old Rideout, a pilot for Serving in Mission (SIM), less than 100 yards from the presidential palace in Niger\u2019s capital. 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