DR Congo: Terrorists kill civilians at Church-run hospital in North Kivu
Around 20 people are believed killed in a terrorist attack at a hospital run by religious sisters in the North Kivu village of Byambwe, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with missionaries denouncing the “shameful silence” of the international community.
By Cecilia Seppia
A terrorist attack on civilians took place on Friday night in the North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing around 20 people, many of them sick and confined to hospital beds.
Despite a recent US-mediated agreement between DRC and Rwanda, fighting with the M23 rebel group continues unabated in the eastern provinces, while the central government also faces the growing threat of Islamist terrorism.
At around 10:00 PM local time on Friday, militants from the ADF (Allied Democratic Forces)—aligned with the so-called Islamic State since 2009—entered the town of Byambwe, in the Diocese of Butembo-Beni.
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2025-11/drc-kivu-massacre-north-kivu-sisters-hospital.html
