Kasindi church bombing

On 15 January 2023, a bomb exploded during a Sunday service in a Pentecostal church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The attack occurred in Kasindi in the northeastern province of North Kivu, close to the Ugandan border. The attack killed at least 17 people and left 39 more were injured. The Islamic State – Central Africa Province (IS-CAP) claimed responsibility for the attack.

Reaction and response
Authorities in the DRC blamed the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan Islamist group whose insurgency began in 1996 and spread to the DRC; the group has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. A Kenyan national was arrested at the scene.

Pope Francis sent his condolences to the victims of the bombing ahead of his scheduled visit to the DRC in 2023. Peter Mathuki, then-Secretary General of the East African Community (EAC), condemned the " horrific attack on worshippers" in a statement. The government of France issued a condemnation of the attacks, stating it "expresses its full solidarity with the Congolese people at this difficult time".