Bishops urge international community: protect eastern Congo from jihadists
June 02, 2015
Bishops of the ecclesiastical province of Bukavu, a city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, have asked the international community to take action against local jihadist training camps.
Citing “a climate of genocide, a hearth of jihadist fundamentalism, and a process of Balkanization,” the bishops said in a recent statement that “a strategy of forced displacement of populations is taking place in order to gradually occupy the land and install outbreaks of religious fundamentalism and terrorist training bases.”
“The international community merely observes with its drones,” the bishops added. “Does the situation have to deteriorate even more before the international community takes measures against jihadism?”
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Further information:
- DRC: Catholic Bishops ask Government to Take Action to Protect Citizens (CISA)
- The Bishops denounce: "In eastern Congo three basic training camps for jihadists; but the UN observes without intervening" (Fides)
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