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Congolese bishop urges youth not to join armed groups
August 06, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Addressing a diocesan youth gathering, a bishop in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ituri Province urged young people not to join any of the region’s armed groups.
“You don’t build a nation with a Kalashnikov,” said Bishop Sosthène Ayikuli Udjuwa of Mahagi-Nioka.
Ituri Province was the site of a recent terrorist attack on a parish.
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