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50 Years 50 faces: sexual violence in DRC

CAFOD urges UK government to protect women and girls in DR Congo as a new exhibition on sexual violence launches

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.

Catholic Church in Africa outraged by Congo violence

African Catholic Church leaders meeting in Kinshasa say that escalating violence in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo is causing a major humanitarian tragedy.

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.