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Aid group says Congo had 25,000 victims of sexual violence last year

Doctors Without Borders treated more than 25,000 victims of sexual violence in the Congo last year, by far the highest level it has seen there and most of it in the east where armed groups vie for power,

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MSF Reports 'Unprecedented' Surge In Sexual Violence In DR Congo

Doctors Without Borders said on Monday it treated an "unprecedented" number of victims of sexual violence in Democratic Republic of Congo in 2023.

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Unprecedented Sexual Violence in Congo: A Crisis Unveiled

Doctors Without Borders reported an unprecedented rise in sexual violence cases in Congo in 2023, with over 25,000 victims treated. The majority of assaults occurred in eastern Congo, primarily in displacement camps near Goma.

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Doctors aid group says Congo had 25,000 victims of sexual violence last year

Doctors Without Borders says that it treated more than 25,000 victims of sexual violence in the Congo last year, by far the highest level it has seen there and most of it in the east where armed groups vie for power.

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Doctors Without Borders raises alarm on 'unprecedented' sexual violence in Congo

Doctors Without Borders says it has treated an “unprecedented” number of victims of sexual violence in Congo last year

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DR Congo: Investigate Prison Deaths, Sexual Violence

“None of these women has received appropriate medication.” Sexual violence is a longstanding problem in Congo’s prisons. In September 2020, a prison riot at Kasapa Central Prison in ...

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Médecins sans frontières (MSF) reports unprecedented number of sexual violence cases in Democratic Republic Congo

Médecins sans frontières (MSF) reports unprecedented number of sexual violence cases in Democratic Republic Congo ...

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as elsewhere in the world ... We help the wounded, the sick and victims of sexual violence to gain access to health care. We help the most vulnerable ...

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Protect Women and Girls in DR Congo’s Prisons

A September 9 internal report by the United Nations Population Fund found that 268 out of the 348 women held in the ...

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HRW accuses Rwandan forces, M23 Rebels of civilian atrocities in DRC

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report on Thursday detailing incidents of civilian atrocities in the eastern Democratic ...

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More than 260 women sexually assaulted during Congo prison break, UN report shows

KINSHASA, Sept 12 (Reuters) - More than 260 female inmates were sexually assaulted during an attempted mass escape from Democratic Republic of ... been subjected to sexual violence, including ...

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Congo-Kinshasa: Investigate Prison Deaths, Sexual Violence

"None of these women has received appropriate medication." Sexual violence is a longstanding problem in Congo's prisons. In September 2020, a prison riot at Kasapa Central Prison in Lubumbashi ...

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