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Africa: Long After the Guns Fall Silent, Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Leaves Lasting Scars

Africa: Long After the Guns Fall Silent, Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Leaves Lasting Scars

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Sexual violence in conflict is a tactic of war, torture and terror. It does not only devastate survivors but also tears apart families and communities. The trauma, shame and stigma are borne by victims, not perpetrators – echoing across generations. In 2024 alone, the UN verified around 4,500 cases of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), though…

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Africa: Long After the Guns Fall Silent, Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Leaves Lasting Scars

Africa/Central Africa – Bishops of Bangassou Call for an End to Violence in the Diocese

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Bangui — “We, the Bishops of Bangassou, together with the entire Catholic community, are deeply concerned about the violence affecting Haut Mbomou,” emphasize Juan Josè Aguirre, Bishop of Bangassou and Aurelio Gazzera, Coadjutor Bishop of the diocese in the south-east of the Central African Republic, in a pastoral letter read on Sunday, June 8, during…

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