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People on motorcycles look at military uniforms and ammunition from the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) lying on the ground in Goma, Congo, Jan. 30, 2025, amid clashes between them and the M23 rebels. (OSV News photo/Reuters) (Stringer)

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A silent genocide is unfolding in Congo, Church sources warn

February 26, 2025January 21, 2026

OSV News – A "silent genocide" – mimicking the Rwandan one of 1994 – is occurring eastern Congo, said some Catholic Church sources, as shock greeted the killing of 70 people in a Protestant Church in the North Kivu Province.The victims were found beheaded with machetes Feb. 15 near the Maiba village in Lubero, a…...