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Region 9 of 12 · most unreached first
West & Central Africa
More people groups than any region except South Asia and Southeast Asia, and a church growing fast alongside 460 still unreached.
21.2% of this region’s 2,171 people groups are unreached — 460 of them.
The world as a whole is 43.6% unreached.
658 million
People
24
Countries
2,171
People groups
460
Unreached groups
Who Professes Faith Here
17.4% evangelical. 48.6% identify as Christian adherents.
Pray With Others for This Region
Pray 4 110 Cities runs prayer groups covering this part of the world, and the fellowship prays together every week.
Video Testimony
One of the Ethnê regional testimony videos, recorded in 2008.
Prayer Poster

Go Deeper
- Read the testimony from this region — Tito of the Mandinka in Senegal
- Joshua Project: Africa, West and Central — country list, people groups, maps
- Unreached People of the Day
- Prayer guides and study sets in the resource library
Statistics from Joshua Project, retrieved 15 September 2026.
Keep praying
With others, through the week
In the Global Family 24-7 room
- Monday 9 AM Eastern (4 PM Jerusalem) — the prayer hour for the unreached
- Monday 6 PM Eastern (1 AM Tuesday Jerusalem) — in French
- Friday 8 AM Eastern (3 PM Jerusalem) — for the unreached
- Friday 9 AM Eastern (4 PM Jerusalem) — the teaching hour
- Friday 3 PM Eastern (10 PM Jerusalem) — for the movements
In the 24:14 room
- Tuesday 8 AM Eastern (3 PM Jerusalem)
- Wednesday 11 AM Eastern (6 PM Jerusalem)
Register, room link and the weekly schedule · every hour, and what each one is.
On your own, every day
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Or receive a daily prayer prompt by Signal or email from 110 Cities.
Something we should add?
A resource, or something you have written yourself — send it to Prayerstrategists@gmail.com.
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