Posts Tagged ‘Displacement’

Mission to Mwenga: Day 5

November 27th, 2009
Blogs, Harriet
Mission to Mwenga: Day 5
This afternoon Dr Tarsis and I visited some displaced families who are staying in houses within the town of Kitutu. They each had similar stories to tell. Their village had been attacked at night by armed men, everything stolen, sometimes their houses had been burnt. None of them had time to take [...]

Nizeiyman’s Story

November 24th, 2009
Eyewitness, Wounds dossier
Nizeiyman’s Story
Nizeiyman, 21, fled to the outskirts of Kitchanga in North Kivu province when his village came under attack. He has joined a group of woodcutters in Mungote camp for displaced people. They have pooled their resources to buy some basic woodcutting equipment. By selling planks they earn just enough to supplement the food handouts from [...]

Inside North Kivu: photo gallery

September 25th, 2009
News
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 usual, civilians are the first victims of the conflict. Violence in Kayna and Lubero [...]

Video pre-selected for ‘Best web documentary award’ at Festival of Perpignan ‘Visa pour l’image’

September 2nd, 2009
News
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 give a voice and a face to people living in areas of eastern Democratic Republic [...]

“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 [...]

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.

VIDEO: DRC - Delivering aid in North Kivu

August 12th, 2009
News, Uélé dossier
VIDEO: DRC - Delivering aid in North Kivu
In this video, an MSF logistician speaks about challenges in the distribution of aid materials in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. Basic relief items include pots, clothing, utensils, water collection vessels. MSF is also providing medical aid for displaced populations via mobile clinics.

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 [...]

“I thought I would see my little sister again one day but now I am not sure anymore”

August 3rd, 2009
Eyewitness, Uélé dossier
“I thought I would see my little sister again one day but now I am not sure anymore”
Francine* has worked as a nurse for MSF in Haut-Uélé district since February 2009. She has fled the extreme violence to which the people of this region are subjected on many occasions. Last May, when the Ugandan rebels of the “Lord’s Resistance Army” attacked her village, her family fled in different directions. Her parents sought [...]
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