Congolese bishop: Stop the chain of massacres
15 women and children were reported killed with machetes by Allied Democratic Forces fighters in a camp Catholic News Service Updated: January 16, 2021 06:44 AM GMT
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Bishop Melchisedec Sikuli Paluku of DR Congo s Butembo-Beni Diocese. (Photo: Radio Moto)
A Congolese bishop has urged international action to stem massacres in his diocese and accused the country s government and media of indifference to current sufferings. Only last year, at least a thousand people were killed here this has been going on for a decade, and the situation has deteriorated into a chain of massacres, said Bishop Melchisedech Sikuli Paluku of Butembo-Beni in Congo s North Kivu province.