DR Congo churchgoers plan political protests in August

A group Catholic faithful demonstrate outside the St Francois De Sales Church in February calling for President Kabila to step down. [File, AFP]

A group of Roman Catholic lay movements in Democratic Republic of Congo has announced three days of nationwide "major actions" in August aimed at forcing President Joseph Kabila to resign.

"Times are serious -- the peace and stability of the country as well as that of the region are under threat," the Lay Coordination Committee (CLC) declared in a statement released after weekend planning.