Posts Tagged ‘Armed groups’

MSF vaccination used as bait in unacceptable attack on civilians

November 6th, 2009
News
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 of humanitarian aid for military [...]

“Every time we talked among ourselves, they hit us with a machete.”

October 14th, 2009
Eyewitness, Uélé dossier
“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 ourselves with around 20 other [...]

Violence expands in Northern Congo, population in urgent need of assistance

October 14th, 2009
News, Uélé dossier
Violence expands in Northern Congo, population in urgent need of assistance
Kinshasa, 14 October 2021 – One year after violence erupted in Haut-Uélé district, in northern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), attacks and clashes have now expanded to new areas, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to flee. Humanitarian organisations have failed to meet the massive needs that have resulted and an urgent response with greater [...]

“There is indescribable fear in everyone’s eyes”

August 24th, 2009
News, Uélé dossier
“There is indescribable fear in everyone’s eyes”
Katharine Derderian has just returned from the Haut-Uélé district in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where she coordinated MSF’s activities. In this interview, she talks about the people who live there and the climate of fear which reigns in this region where Ugandan rebels from the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) are in conflict with [...]

Survivors of a horrific attack in north-east DRC tell their story

August 21st, 2009
Eyewitness, Uélé dossier
Survivors of a horrific attack in north-east DRC tell their story
Since September last year inhabitants of the Haut Uélé district in north-eastern DRC have been living in constant fear and are facing a critical humanitarian situation. They are trapped in a region wracked by waves of violence. The conflict between armed forces and the Ugandan rebel group the Lord’s Resistance Army is estimated to have [...]

Souther Sudan: “In the morning they gave us 25 lashes each. That was breakfast”

August 20th, 2009
Eyewitness, Youth dossier
Souther Sudan: “In the morning they gave us 25 lashes each. That was breakfast”
Mboli (16) was abducted in January from his school along with 20 fellow students, including his brother, Muka, during an attack on his village in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). His village was just one of those targeted in a relentless series of attacks by Ugandan rebel group, the Lord’s Resistance [...]

Slideshow: Congolese refugees in Southern Sudan

August 18th, 2009
News, Uélé dossier
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 area.

“I lost a leg. It is as if I have lost my whole life”

August 4th, 2009
Eyewitness, Youth dossier
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. His leg had to be amputated. Today, helped by an MSF psychologist, he is willing [...]

MSF continues to assist populations in violent areas of northern DRC and Southern Sudan

August 4th, 2009
News, Uélé dossier
MSF continues to assist populations in violent areas of northern DRC and Southern Sudan
Over the past weeks, civilians have continued to suffer from violent attacks in several areas of northern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Southern Sudan. Ugandan rebels of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) have been perpetrating acts of extreme violence on the population. This violence was further exacerbated by the operations conducted against them by [...]

“Nobody could take her dignity from her”

July 27th, 2009
Eyewitness, Women dossier
“Nobody could take her dignity from her”
Fiona Bass is a nurse who worked in the MSF project of Masisi, a town located in the heart of the North Kivu conflict. She tells the story of one patient who was raped by armed men in Eastern D. R. Congo. “They came for the money. One of the many luxuries a gun affords a [...]
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