Democratic Republic of the Congo Archives

Congo’s bishops say diplomat’s death drew attention to insecurity

Mar 3, 2021

As they mourned the killing of the Italian ambassador to their country, Congo’s Catholic bishops said the nation’s deaths, massacres, kidnappings and displacement underlined the toxic state of security, especially in the mineral-rich eastern regions.

By Fredrick Nzwili, CNS

Violence in eastern Congo ‘out of control’, bishop says

Feb 27, 2021

Several prominent officials in the Congolese Bishops’ Conference have voiced sadness over an incident earlier this week that left Italy’s ambassador to the country and two others dead, stressing the need to do more to promote peace.

By Elise Ann Allen

Congolese bishops back protection for doctor who works with rape victims

Sep 16, 2020

Congolese bishops are expressing solidarity with Denis Mukwege, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning gynecologist who has received death threats over his continued call for justice and accountability over war crimes.

By Fredrick Nzwili, CNS

Catholic expert calls attacks on humanitarian workers ‘affront to humanity’

Aug 30, 2020

It’s been a particularly trying year for humanitarian workers, as they face unprecedented hurdles to assist people in pre-existing crises in 54 countries, plus a further nine which have been catapulted into situations of need by the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Crux Staff

Women taken from African mothers by Belgium now want redress

Jul 1, 2020

During colonial times thousands of biracial children known as “métis” were taken away and raised in Belgian institutions as the colonial power promoted a strict separation of white and Black people and systematically tried to prevent interracial unions.

By Samuel Petrequin

Mixed-race women sue Belgium for placement in Church-run facilities

Jun 26, 2020

Five mixed-race women born in Congo when the country was under Belgian rule who were taken away from their Black mothers have filed a lawsuit for crimes against humanity targeting the Belgian state.

By Samuel Petrequin

Congo’s new Ebola outbreak adds strain as agencies respond to COVID-19

Jun 12, 2020

As Congo battles the COVID-19 pandemic, a new Ebola outbreak has resurfaced in the northwest, just as authorities were prepared to declare the end of Ebola in three eastern provinces.

By Fredrick Nzwili, CNS