Category: Democratic Republic Of The Congo

Democratic Republic Of The Congo

Ceasefire For Humanitarian Reasons

Rwanda-backed forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have announced that they paused their advance across the east of the country for humanitarian reasons.

Democratic Republic Of The Congo

Nun Wins U.N. Refugee Award

“It is not my work only. It is the Lord’s.” Such was the summation of Sr. Angelique Namaika, a member of the Augustine Sisters of Dungu and Doruma, as she spoke to reporters in an international conference call, upon winning the Nansen Refugee Award bestowed annually by the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. Namaika has been working for the past four years with women forced to leave their homes in the northeastern Congolese bush because of the ongoing civil strife in the Congo.

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