Neema Baeni: “I have always gone to school, except when there was fighting”
Neema Baeni, 14 years old, Kibaramgiriro, territory of Masisi, North Kivu ”I have always lived in “Kiba”, that’s what we call my village even though its full name is Kibaramgiriro. But that’s too long to say! It is a small village...July 2nd, 2009 | Tags: Displacement, Familiy, Masisi
People from North Kivu flee again to escape violence
People in the northern region of North Kivu province have been fleeing violence since late January, when an offensive against rebel FDLR forces was launched. MSF is providing medical care in several of the regions’ towns and villages, where the...May 11th, 2009 | Tags: Displacement, Violence, War
“The woman is capable”: listen to this song
Listen to Charlotte Pasapas who sings “The woman is capable”. ”The woman is capable” is the cheerful theme song for a group of volunteers in Doruma, in the Haut-Uélé region of DRC. They are a volunteer group supporting women and girls...April 16th, 2009 | Tags: Haut-Uélé, Violence
“Here we talk about everything - good and bad!”
Luanda Wema is 35 years old and pregnant for the eighth time. During the delivery, she’ll undergo sterilisation. She’s waiting to give birth at the ‘Welcome village’ set up by MSF for pregnant women in Masisi hospital, a hospital situated...March 21st, 2009 | Tags: Children, Familiy, Hospital
What do you wish for? Women speak out from Eastern Congo
The women of Eastern Congo have been living a war for over 15 years. The loss of loved ones, violence, rape and having to flee their homes have shaped their daily lives. But there is hope in the future. Starting...March 18th, 2009 | Tags: Sexual violence, Stories, Video, Women dossier
Proud women
Three months ago I wrote the following: I’ve seen different ones come by these past few weeks. Old women, young girls, women of my own age. Women from all of the different groups involved in this conflict. Their faces reveal shock,...March 9th, 2009 | Tags: Medical, Sexual violence
More than 6,700 victims of sexual violence treated in 2008
The armed conflict has been underway for 15 years in Kivu, producing a cortège of dead and wounded civilians. But another form of violence – this one much less visible – destroys an incalculable number of lives. Women are being...March 5th, 2009 | Tags: Kivu, Sexual violence, War
“That day should have been a holiday. It became a day of horror”
Testimony recorded at Doruma, 30 December 2008 The event in question occurred on 24 December 2007, in a village in the area of Batande, seven kilometres north of Doruma, in the Haut-Uele. This testimony was collected in Doruma on 30 December. On...February 10th, 2009 | Tags: Violence
Nyramana, 29 years, Camp Nyanzale.
Since November we have been hearing gunshots every day. We spent many nights hiding in the bush, but we were pursued by armed groups who looted and destroyed everything we had in our house. That is why we have fled...January 2nd, 2009 | Tags: Armed groups, Sexual violence, Stories
Condition: Critical
Voices from the war in eastern Congo
“The future, it means dying. It’s dying because of the ongoing problems. Because I was born during the problems. Today I’m 18 years old. You see, it’s awful.” –Louis, a malaria patient.
The current escalation in violence has brought the crisis...
November 20th, 2008 | Tags: Kivu, Press release
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If you have been affected by the stories you have heard on Condition Critical and want to take action you can by helping us create a buzz about Condition Critical through email, blogs, social networking or word of mouth. Donate to our appeal, or if you are interested in working for us, contact your national MSF. The combined action of many can help us relieve the suffering in DRC and elsewhere.
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“I’d like to become a nurse”
Teenagers speak out on Condition: Critical. They talk about their daily life, school, friends, plans and, as always, about the shadow of war and the fighting that makes the life they dream of impossible. Carine, 14 years old ”I live in the centre of Masisi town, near the hospital where MSF works. I...
June 24th, 2009
Tags: family, Masisi, War
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Eastern Congo: for the people living there, the war is far from over
Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has faded from the front pages of newspapers, but for the people who live there, the war is far from over. Hundreds of thousands of people in both North and South Kivu provinces are continuously being harassed and have fled once again. High insecurity and...
June 19th, 2009
Tags: Cholera, Displacement, War
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MSF assists populations in violent areas of northern DRC and southern Sudan
In the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and in the south of neighbouring Sudan, Ugandan rebels of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) have been perpetrating acts of extreme violence on the population, in response to operations conducted against them by national armies of the DRC, Uganda, and...
June 11th, 2009
Tags: Displacement, Medical, Violence




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