A scene of destruction in Butembo-Beni diocese on 24 March 2021, following an attack by suspected ADF/NALU forces. Photo courtesy of Aid to the Church in Need
Islamic insurgents in the Democratic Republic of Congo are engaged in "relentless" violence. A bishop from a hard-hit diocese in the country has given a leading Catholic aid agency an account of schools and hospitals destroyed, children killed, and sick people murdered in their beds.
Bishop Paluku Sekuli Melchisédech of Butembo-Beni told Aid to the Church in Need the number of incidents has been particularly high in the northern part of his diocese. He mentioned. "Armed groups are destroying schools and hospitals," he said. "Teachers and pupils are being killed."
