“I try not to think about it all anymore”
Story of Pierrette*, 15 years old Pierrette does not know her exact age, but she shyly suggests “around 15”. She was kidnapped by armed men, and held captive for two months. She became what is known as a “forced wife,”...October 14th, 2009 | Tags: Medical, Violence, Wounds
Inside North Kivu: photo gallery
Since late January 2009, when the Congolese army launched an offensive against the FDLR (Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda), the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo has moved towards the north and west of North Kivu province. As...September 25th, 2009 | Tags: Displacement, Mobile clinics, War
Tales of the Unexpected
Pav graduated in Medicine at the University of Nottingham, she specialised in Adult Internal Medicine and General Practice in London. She is currently working at Mweso Hospital in North Kivu, Democratric Republic of Congo where she is responsible for the...September 16th, 2009 | Tags: Camps, Hospital, Mweso
“My world has become very small”
Medical and psychological help for victims of sexual violence : testimonies from medical staff and patients. By Emma Zoratti, former medical coordinator for MSF in Masisi, North Kivu. Masisi, North Kivu. MSF has been treating victims of sexual violence here since February...September 7th, 2009 | Tags: Masisi, Sexual violence, Violence, War
Video pre-selected for ‘Best web documentary award’ at Festival of Perpignan ‘Visa pour l’image’
A Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) multimedia documentary was pre-selected for ‘Best web documentary award’ at Perpignan’s international photojournalism festival, “Visa pour l’image” - 2009. The documentary “Voices from the war in Eastern Congo” launched Condition: Critical, MSF’s year-long campaign designed to...September 2nd, 2009 | Tags: Displacement, Video, War
Slideshow: Congolese refugees in Southern Sudan
In Southern Sudan, by the Congolese border, MSF teams assist tens of thousands of Congolese refugees and internally displaced Sudanese fleeing violent attacks by Ugandan rebel group, the Lords Resistance Army (LRA). Photographer Brendan Bannon reflects on his visit to the...August 18th, 2009 | Tags: Armed groups, Displacement, Photo, Video, Violence
“I lost a leg. It is as if I have lost my whole life”
Louis* is a teenager who was treated by MSF medical teams at Rutshuru hospital. A former child-soldier, he was enlisted by one of the armed groups at war in North and South Kivu provinces and seriously wounded during a fight....August 4th, 2009 | Tags: Armed groups, Surgery, War
“SURVIVE”, “EXPRESS”, “FIGHT”: triptych dedicated to young people
...July 10th, 2009 | Tags: Armed groups, War, youth
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 can do anything!”: 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: 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
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Mission to Mwenga: Day 1
Today we set off for a one week evaluation to Kitutu, in Mwenga district, a place where MSF has never visited before. The aim of the assessment is to have a better understanding of the impact of the recent violence on the local population, and in particular the health needs. Since...
November 10th, 2009
Tags: Kivu, War
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MSF vaccination used as bait in unacceptable attack on civilians
Kinshasa, 6th November 2009 – Seven Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) vaccination sites, where thousands of civilians had gathered, came under fire during attacks by the Congolese army against the Forces Démocratiques de Libération du Rwanda (FDLR) in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). MSF denounces this clearly unacceptable abuse...
November 6th, 2009
Tags: Armed groups, Masisi, Measles, Violence
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“Every time we talked among ourselves, they hit us with a machete.”
Michel’s* story (13 years old) It must have been about midnight. Michel was sleeping soundly at home alongside his little brothers and his older sister. Four men came – they were armed but dressed as civilians. They tied Michel’s and his sister’s hands together and took them into the bush. “We found...
October 14th, 2009
Tags: Armed groups, Children, Violence








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