The weight of silence: How the Mobondo revolt is shaking western DRC (Summary Report)

Since 2022, western Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been plagued by a major security and humanitarian crisis, with more than 5,000 dead, and 280,000 still displaced. While international attention has focused on the violent conflicts in eastern DRC, an intercommunity conflict on the outskirts of Kinshasa is sinking into a spiral of violence, with very little attention from national authorities and international partners. Against this backdrop, and as part of the awareness-raising campaign led by Caritas International Belgium and Justice & Paix, this report seeks to draw attention to the Mobondo crisis and its consequences.