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Congo-Kinshasa: Praying for Change - the Catholic Church Takes On President Kabila
IRIN, 1 February 2018
The Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now a powerful voice of opposition to President Joseph Kabila's continued unconstitutional stay in power, but the… Read more »
Praying for Change in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now a powerful voice of opposition to President Joseph Kabila's continued unconstitutional stay in power, but the Church's spiritual authority is yet to translate into political muscle, writes Issa Sekiti da Silva for IRIN.
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Neither church-based activism nor brutal repression is rare in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Scores of protesters have been killed in the past couple of years. But the events ... Read more »
