DRC: MSF treating alarming numbers of victims of sexual violence in displacement camps around Goma

May 10, 2023

In just two weeks, more than 670 victims of sexual violence have been treated by Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) teams in camps for displaced people around Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu, representing 48 new victims per...

Displaced communities are losing hope as the M23 crisis drags on in North Kivu

August 3, 2022

“The whole family was in the field working when the shooting started. We ran away and walked for three hours to Rumangabo in the rain," says Ponsie Benda, 54. The father of 13 found refuge in Virunga National Park’s primary...

DRC: Extra humanitarian assistance urgently needed in southern North Kivu crisis

December 16, 2019

KINSHASA – For years, the territories of Masisi, Walikale and Rutshuru, in the southern part of North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, have been plagued with armed violence and banditry. In the past months, these armed clashes have intensified, further aggravating the...