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‘Well-Loved’ American Missionary Among Dead of Burkina Faso Jihad Attack

by Mary Chastain18 Jan 201611 Beloved American missionary Michael Riddering, 45, from Florida, perished in the al-Qaeda attack in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Riddering planned to meet at a cafe with people who wanted “to volunteer at the orphanage and women’s crisis center he ran with his wife, Ann Boyle-Riddering.” But he arrived early with a pastor when al-Qaeda attacked the cafe. The men separated when the militants attacked. The pastor took Riddering’s phone and immediatly called Riddering’s wife. He told Ann that they were surrounded by gunfire, but the line went dead before he could say anything else. He hid in… View Article