Warlords regrouping in northeast Congo
About 300 loyalists to the warlord Bosco Ntaganda’s CNDP
(National Congress of Defense of the People), the same militia group
responsible for the rebellion in 2008, have been reported missing on Sunday from the Congolese national army.
A member of the CNDP. Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images |
CNDP is responsible for displacing the majority of the
people who live in the village where we plan to build to training center. In
2008, tanks, infantry and fleeing civilians, overtook the main road.
Attacks from different militia groups have displaced well
over and 7,000 people this month. These militias include, but are not limited
to LRA, CNDP and FDLR.
The people are afraid.
We need you to pray.
It has been my observation that since the record-breaking
KONY 2012 video created by Invisible Children, Congo has seen an increased
number of attacks to civilians in the northeast. Not only has LRA increased
their attacks, but it also appears that other militia groups are regrouping.
As long as this country remains in war, the possibility for
development is nil. We expect to build the GOFC-Training Center in these areas,
which are considered volatile by military and civilian standards.
If these militia groups successfully reorganize themselves
and launch an attack, we may find our GOF-Congo team fighting an uphill battle
only growing steeper.
Prayer Points
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Love to cast out fear in Congo - 1 John 1:5:
eastern Congo is riddled with fear and anxiety. Pray for our friends and
co-laborers to overcome this spirit and have a proactive response.
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We know that all leadership is God-ordained,
even those which we don’t understand. Pray that someone with power over these
warlords would do something.
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Pray for the organizations and people who are working
to see change in this region that has been labeled as ‘unchangeable’. Pray for
perseverance and supernatural protection: Global Outreach Foundation, World
Relief, World Vision, Heal Africa and even United Nations.
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Pray for guidance: we need God’s guidance in
setting the foundation for GOF-Congo. We don’t want to be moved by fear, but we
don’ want to throw caution to the wind. Let us not confused faith and
presumption.
News Sources:
- http://www.tribune.com.ng/index.php/world-news/38878-congo-ex-rebels-loyal-to-ntaganda-defect-from-army
- http://pulse.me/s/7RVRS
- http://pulse.me/s/7ONQd
We are praying over this tonight in CPR
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