[Agenzia Fides] Kinshasa -- «The ongoing violence is endangering our province,» declare 76 priests of the Diocese of Bunia in a statement issued on August 20. Bunia is the capital of Ituri, a province in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, plagued by violence perpetrated by various armed groups and under a state of siege since May 2021 (together with the neighboring province of North Kivu, see Fides, 7/5/2021). Read more