Pope Benedict XVI has for the second time in two months appealed for the international community to send aid to the suffering people of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The eastern part of the African nation is being convulsed by a second wave of violence and spreading hunger, leading the Pope to describe the suffering in Congo as “worrying news”.
“A large part of the population lack the primary means of subsistence and thousands of residents were forced to flee their homes to seek refuge elsewhere,” he added.