Congo

CHRISTIAN TRIBE FACING GENOCIDE IN EASTERN CONGO

CHRISTIAN TRIBE FACING GENOCIDE IN EASTERN CONGO

The lawless eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has become a killing field for vulnerable indigenous people groups such as the Banyamulenge tribe, the latest victims in a complex, multilayered conflict in the mineral-rich Great Lakes region of Central-East Africa.

JIHAD AND GENOCIDE IN EASTERN DR CONGO

JIHAD AND GENOCIDE IN EASTERN DR CONGO

At least 46 people from the Pygmy tribes in the nation’s restive eastern Ituri province were massacred recently. While the men of the tribe were gone hunting, rebels from an Islamic militant group murdered their wives and children, decapitating many of the victims. It’s the latest atrocity in a larger, multi-layered conflict.