Members of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO). / Credit: CENCO
ACI Africa, Jun 27, 2023 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
Persistent violence in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the emergence of new groups of milit.
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“The height of everything is the despicable and savage repression that the police and their accomplice militia inflicted on the demonstrators, including minors found on their way. In carrying out their macabre work, they did not hesitate to fire live ammunition, even targeting the vehicle of a political leader,” said Msgr Donatien Nshole, Secretary-General of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) in a press conference on May 22, 2023.According to Fr Nshole, CENCO had deployed monitors to follow the peaceful marches organized on Saturday, May 20, in Kinshasa by the political formations of both the ruling majority and opposition, and civil society groups, demonstrating over alleged irregularities in voter registration ahead of the December 2023 elections.