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16 days of activism against Gender violence

16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence takes place each year to raise awareness, and call for the elimination of gender violence in all its forms. During this time, countries, organisations and individuals around the world will come together to take action.

Not losing hope in Congo

As our partners on the ground report fresh attacks in eastern Congo, Abbe Oswald Musoni, director of Caritas Goma, explains how we are helping people to survive

Congolese Bishops call for calm ahead of Democratic Republic of Congo elections

Millions of Congolese are voting in their country’s second elections in 40 years. A delegation of Catholic Congolese Bishops (CENCO) is calling on all candidates to keep the peace and when the result is known, to respect it, without turning to violence.

As rebels occupy the Congolese town of Goma, CAFOD pledges £100,000 to support people fleeing to safety

Rebel group the M23 entered the town of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday morning taking control of the airport. Reports from CAFOD partners on the ground indicate that tens of thousands of people are fleeing, and hundreds are taking refuge in Church buildings.

Eastern Congo Crisis update: CAFOD partner speaks out

Reports from our partners on the ground indicate that tens of thousands of people are fleeing, and hundreds are taking refuge in Church buildings after the rebel group M23 occupied Goma in the DR Congo yesterday. CAFOD partner and deputy director of Caritas Goma Father Arsène Masumbuko has been at the heart of calls for dialogue as the solution to DRC’s cycle of conflict.