A prayer from DRC: Give us this day our daily peace (and bread of course)

The DR Congo is again in the news for the wrong reasons. The fighting has displaced hundreds of thousands and the provincial town of Goma is full to the brim with thousands seeking shelter, food and security– just the right kind of combination to the world media eager to deliver gory images to the hungry living rooms of those lucky and safe enough to be having one. Last week, before the international news networks could find suitable images to bombard us with, the worry was with the fact that the rebels had captured the headquarters of the Virunga National Park, home to the rare Gorillas.