War on Christians in Democratic Republic of CongoMay 2, 2023 — Linda Burkle, PhD Fifteen years ago, I visited the DRC as one of a three-person contingency of U.S. officials representing an international religious organization. We had a twofold mission: encourage...
Ten Days of Terror and Death in Congo as Eighty Christians are Killed by the ADFApril 28, 2023 — 04/28/2023 DRC (International Christian Concern) - The Church in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to bear the brunt of terrorism from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), one...
Over 36 People Murdered in Brutal ADF AttackMarch 13, 2023 — 03/13/2023 DRC (International Christian Concern) - In the early hours of the morning on Thursday, March 9, militants belonging to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attacked a village in the...
Church Bombing Kills 17 in the CongoJanuary 17, 2023 — 1/17/2023 Democratic Republic of Congo (International Christian Concern)—Suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels detonated a homemade IED, killing at least 17 and injuring dozens more at a church in Kasindi,...
Joint Military Task Force Rescues 100 Hostages From the ADFJanuary 6, 2023 — 1/06/2023 DRC (International Christian Concern) - Recently, a joint military operation between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo successfully rescued over one hundred civilians who were being held hostage...
Christian Woman Who Survived an ADF Attack Dies at Age 87December 1, 2022 — 12/01/2022 DRC (International Christian Concern) - “Dorothy Mbasa, a heroine, has fallen.” Such were the words proclaimed by the Christian community in her village, located in the northeastern Democratic Republic...
Pope Francis Decries Violent Attacks in the DRCOctober 27, 2022 — 10/27/2022 DRC (International Christian Concern) - Earlier this week, ICC reported on a raid by the Congolese Islamic rebel group, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). The attack left seven people dead,...
Armed Militants Slaughter 12 Villagers in DRCOctober 17, 2022 — 10/17/2022 DRC (International Christian Concern) - At 3 AM on Friday, October 14, armed militants burst into the village of Masome and began violently attacking residents. According to local...
Kainama Terror Attack Leaves Twenty Dead, including an Anglican EvangelistOctober 10, 2022 — 10/10/2022 DRC (International Christian Concern) - Twenty Congolese Christians were killed and several others kidnapped after the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) struck the village of Kainama, Beni territory in Nord...
10 Civilians Murdered, Including a Pastor, in Recent ADF AttackOctober 7, 2022 — 10/07/2022 DRC (International Christian Concern) - According to a report by French media outlet AFP, 10 civilians were killed in an attack on the village of Vido in North Kivu,...
Fourteen Murdered in ADF AttackOctober 3, 2022 — 10/03/2022 DRC (International Christian Concern) - On Saturday, October 1, militants belonging to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an ISIS-affiliated extremist group operating in parts of Uganda and the Congo,...
Jihadists Slay Five Civilians in the CongoSeptember 11, 2022 — 09/11/2022 DRC (International Christian Concern) - On the evening of Wednesday, September 7, militants belonging to the terror group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) killed five civilians in an attack in...
Pope Francis Delays Visit to South Sudan and the DRCAugust 6, 2022 — 08/06/2022 South Sudan and the DRC (International Christian Concern) - Pope Francis was scheduled to visit South Sudan and the DRC in early July but delayed the visit due to...
DRC President’s Brother-in-Law Accused of Stealing Land from the ChurchJuly 21, 2022 — 07/21/22 DRC (International Christian Concern) - DRC President Felix Tshisekedi’s brother-in-law has been accused of stealing land by members of the Catholic Church in Kinshasa who called it “state banditry.”...
Living a Nightmare: Kahindo’s Encounter with the ADFJune 28, 2022 — 06/28/2022 DRC (International Christian Concern) – On March 20 of this year, Kahindo, 25, and her two-year-old daughter Nuela were captured from their village by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF),...
Uganda Set to Withdraw Troops from the DRCMay 21, 2022 — 05/21/2022 DRC (International Christian Concern) - On May 17, 2022, the Ugandan government announced that they would remove their troops from the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo after...
