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May
21
2023
By DJAFFAR SABITI
DRC rape scandal: survivors speak

DRC rape scandal: survivors speak

NEWS
FOUR men with machetes were hard on their heels as a group of women raced through the dense forest surrounding east Congo's city of Goma, desperate to reach a displacement camp they had left to collect firewood. One tripped on a stone and fell. She had no time to react before one of the men caught up. "He raped me," she recalled two weeks later in Bulengo, one of several camps near Goma sheltering about 600,000 people that have fled conflict zones. "He told me that if I screamed he would kill me," she said. "I felt dirty." The 35-year-old…
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May
12
2023
By SONIA ROLLEY
Hundreds of sex crime victims treated in Congo displacement camps, MSF says

Hundreds of sex crime victims treated in Congo displacement camps, MSF says

NEWS
MORE than 670 women, or 48 new victims per day, have been treated for sexual violence in displacement camps in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in the last two weeks, medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Tuesday. About 600,000 people are sheltering in the camps near Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, after fleeing rebel conflict in their hometowns in the surrounding region. Most of the victims reported being assaulted when they left the camps to get food or wood, MSF said. In three sites - Rusayo, Bulengo and Kanyaruchinya - more than half the victims…
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Oct
25
2022
By The African Mirror
Congo fighting flares as hundreds shelter in convent – army, MSF

Congo fighting flares as hundreds shelter in convent – army, MSF

NEWS
FIGHTERS from the M23 rebel group clashed with the army in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on the fourth day of violence in which four civilians have been killed, the army said. About 500 people, some of them injured, sought shelter in a convent in Ntamugenga village near the borders of Uganda and Rwanda and need to be evacuated, the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres tweeted. The unrest in North Kivu province has broken months of relative calm in eastern Congo following clashes between the army and M23 militants at the end of March. The group declared a ceasefire in April, and the…
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Jun
27
2021
By The African Mirror
Three MSF employees killed in Ethiopia’s Tigray

Three MSF employees killed in Ethiopia’s Tigray

NEWS
THREE employees working for the Spanish branch of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) were killed by unknown assailants in Ethiopia's Tigray region, the medical charity has announced. MSF-Spain lost contact with a vehicle carrying the team on Thursday afternoon, it said in a statement. "This morning the vehicle was found empty and a few metres away, their lifeless bodies." "We condemn this attack on our colleagues in the strongest possible terms and will be relentless in understanding what happened," the statement said. It identified the victims as emergency coordinator Maria Hernandez, 35, from Madrid, assistant coordinator Yohannes Halefom Reda, 31, from…
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Jan
22
2021
By The African Mirror
‘French bombs hit wedding’

‘French bombs hit wedding’

NEWS
AARON ROSS THREE villagers in northern Mali told Human Rights Watch (HRW) that a French airstrike this month hit a wedding party attended by civilians, disputing French claims that only Islamist militants were hit. Different sides have offered contradictory accounts of the Jan. 3 strike outside the village of Bounti. The French military said it killed about 30 Islamist fighters - a version backed by Malian authorities. The military did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the HRW report. It has previously said its intelligence before and after the strike allowed it to exclude the possibility of…
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Jan
21
2021
By The African Mirror
Ethiopians dying, hungry and fearful in war-hit Tigray

Ethiopians dying, hungry and fearful in war-hit Tigray

NEWS
ETHIOPIANS in the war-scarred north are dying from lack of healthcare services, are suffering food and water shortages, and remain "terrified", according to aid agencies finally accessing remoter parts of Tigray region. Just when people were harvesting crops in early November, the federal army launched an offensive against forces of the former local ruling party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), whom it accused of insurrection. Thousands died and more than 300,000 fled their homes during battles and air-strikes, creating a humanitarian crisis in the already poor region of about 5 million people. Though the government captured regional capital Mekelle…
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