Published 09/30/2024 9:21:00 p.m.

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

Doctors Without Borders treated over 25,000 victims of sexual violence in the Congo last year, the highest recorded level, mainly in Eastern Congo, as reported on Monday.
Most victims, averaging more than two per hour, were treated in displacement camps near Goma, North Kivu’s capital.
Christopher Mambula stated that two-thirds of victims were assaulted at gunpoint, highlighting the violence linked to armed groups.

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The Independent

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

09/30/2024 8:21:42 p.m.·London, United Kingdom

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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, the aid group said Monday.

09/30/2024 8:21:42 p.m.·United States

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Hindustan Times

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

09/30/2024 8:40:42 p.m.·New Delhi, India

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KIFI

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

Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Doctors Without Borders says it has treated an “unprecedented” number of victims of sexual violence in Congo last year. The aid group said Monday that more than 25,000 victims and survivors of sexual violence, which is more than two victims every hour, were treated by Doctors Without Borders in 2023 according to the group’s report. Most of such violence took place in the eastern part of the country, accord…

09/30/2024 8:21:42 p.m.·Idaho Falls, United States

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KVIA

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

Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — 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. The aid group says the vast majority of victims — averaging more than two per hour — were treated in displacement camps near Goma, the capital of Congo’s eastern province of North Kivu. More t…

09/30/2024 8:21:42 p.m.·Panama City, United States

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