RAMADAN IN WAR-TORN EAST DRC

Conflict impacts every aspect of life - including religious observances. Millions of Congolese have been internally displaced by the fighting in the east, including Muslims - who, amid a humanitarian catastrophe, are struggling through the holy month of Ramadan. This is supposed to be a time of fasting, but with food anyway scarce, ‘breaking’ the fast in the mornings and evenings, as is traditional, is barely an option. Muslims at an overcrowded camp in Goma shared their ordeal.