DR Congo: UN officials hail landmark convictions, life sentences in Kavumu child rape cases

Posted on December 20, 2018 in In The News, Africa, In The News, Health, In The News by Cherry

The United Nations envoys dealing with sexual violence in conflict and the head of the Organization’s peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have welcomed the conviction of 11 Congolese militia fighters for raping dozens of children – including an 18-month-old toddler – in the vast country’s restive east. The Special Representatives […]

In the country of Nobel laureate Mukwege, rape is ‘seen as something ordinary’

Posted on December 11, 2018 in In The News by Cherry

Heal Africa is a similar hospital as the hospital of Nobel Prize winner Mukwege. They are happy that this year the Nobel Prize goes to the fight against sexual violence in war zones. “It is a recognition for the work of people who have worked against rape in Eastern Congo,” says Virginie Mumbere to Lindijer. Read the […]