News Room — Dr Denis Mukwege

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24 February 2025 · statement

Statement by Dr. Mukwege on the 12th anniversary of the Addis Ababa Framework Agreement for Peace, Security and Cooperation in the DRC and the region

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been under an unprecedented existential threat for more than 25 years, with the aggression of the Kigali regime and the invasion of large swathes of national territory, taking the form of

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2 February 2025 · statement

Dr. Denis Mukwege Call: “Stop the massacres of the Congolese, peace is possible.”

The macabre toll of the recent fighting between the Congolese army and the Rwandan armed forces and their M23 auxiliaries in the city of Goma is slowly emerging. According to the World Health Organization report, as of January 31,

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1 February 2025 · essay

Blood and tears: stopping the cycle of conflict-related sexual violence

With Gautier Chene, in Gynécologie Obstétrique Fertilité & Sénologie.

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28 January 2025 · essay

Obstacles to emergency medical consultation in cases of conflict-related sexual violence

With Guy Mugisho Matabaro and Raha Maroyi, in PLOS ONE. Why survivors arrive too late, and what that costs.

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10 January 2025 · statement

Statement following the publication of the 27 December 2024 letter Addressed to the Presidency of the Security Council By the Group of Experts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

I am very concerned after reading the latest report of the United Nations Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Despite the agreement for a humanitarian truce and a ceasefire, the Kigali regime continues to flo

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31 December 2024 · letter

Message of support from Dr. Mukwege to the Appeal of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) and the Presidency of the Church of Christ in Congo (ECC) for the “Social Pact for Peace and Living Well Together in DR Congo and the Great Lakes”

December 31, 2024 Over the past three decades, the Congolese people have endured chronic violence and instability that have led to profound tragedy and suffering beyond comprehension. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has bee

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24 December 2024 · letter

Appel du Dr Denis Mukwege à la Paix à l’occasion des fêtes de noël et de nouvel an

Mesdames et Messieurs, Mes chers compatriotes, A l’aube de cette nouvelle année, je viens vous saluer chaleureusement et vous présenter mes meilleurs vœux. Pour des nombreux compatriotes, la fête de noël que nous allons bientôt cé

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15 December 2024 · statement

Statement by Dr. Mukwege on the failure of the Luanda process

December 15, 2024 — The failure of the tripartite summit in the Luanda process illustrates the political and diplomatic impasse in which this process finds itself, despite the good will of Angola’s President Lourenço. This impasse

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19 October 2024 · letter

Strasbourg University Speech by Dr. Mukwege

Strasbourg University – October 19, 2024 Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for inviting me to speak, and I’m grateful to the NGO Inter Développement et Solidarité for organizing this event in partnership with the University of Stras

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1 September 2024 · statement

Déclaration du Dr Denis Mukwege à l’occasion du 25e anniversaire de l’hôpital de Panzi

Alors que nous commémorons aujourd’hui le 25e anniversaire de l’hôpital de Panzi, il n’y a pas lieu de fêter cet anniversaire mais de reconnaître solennellement la tragédie que traverse les communautés martyres dans l’Est de la Ré

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1 May 2024 · essay

A call to action: drawing a red line to end conflict-related sexual violence

With Jeanne A. Conry, in the International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. A call on states and medical bodies to treat wartime rape as a line that must not be crossed.

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6 September 2023 · statement

COMMUNIQUÉ SUR LE REMANIEMENT DU COMMANDEMENT MILITAIRE AU NORD-KIVU

C’est avec stupéfaction que nous avons pris connaissance de la désignation du Général Nduru Chaligonza pour diriger les opérations militaires au Nord-Kivu en remplacement du Gouverneur militaire du Nord Kivu, l

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3 August 2023 · statement

Statement by Dr. Mukwege on transitional justice in the DRC: “for an ethic of responsibility”

The culture of impunity greatly fuels the recurrence of conflicts and the perpetuation of the most serious crimes, particularly those of a sexual and gender-based nature, and is therefore a major obstacle to th

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1 August 2023 · statement

Statement by Dr. Mukwege on the occasion of the Congolese Genocide Memorial Day

On this day of Genocost, which means “genocide for economic gain,” our thoughts go out to all the direct and indirect victims of countless crimes committed over decades for economic and geostrategic interests.

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8 March 2023 · statement

Statement by Dr. Mukwege on the occasion of International Women’s Rights Day 2023

On this March 8, our thoughts go out to all women around the world who fight every day to have their fundamental rights respected, to gain economic autonomy, and to make their voices heard in a world that remai

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21 January 2023 · statement

Statement by Dr. Mukwege Following the Discovery of 4 New Mass Graves in Ituri

January 21, 2023 – As new mass killings allegedly attributed to the armed group Cooperative for the Development of Congo (CODECO) took place in mid-January in Ituri Province, in the northeast of the Democrati

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15 January 2023 · statement

Déclaration du Dr Mukwege suite à l’attentat terroriste perpétré à Kasindi à l’Eglise de la 8e CEPAC

15 janvier 2023 En ce dimanche 15 janvier, la Nation congolaise est à nouveau en deuil et nos pensées vont aux victimes de l’attentat à la bombe commis en plein culte dans l’enceinte de l’Église de la 8e Commun

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15 January 2023 · statement

Statement by Dr. Mukwege following the terrorist attack in Kasindi at the 8th CEPAC Church

January 15, 2023 On this Sunday, January 15, the Congolese Nation is once again in mourning and our thoughts are with the victims of the bombing committed in the middle of a service in the church of the 8th Com

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28 November 2022 · statement

Statement by Dr. Mukwege on the Imperative of Implementing the Sanctions Regime

As the armed terrorist group M23, supported directly and indirectly by the Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF), is at the gates of Goma — the third largest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) — the already

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6 August 2022 · statement

Statement by Dr. Mukwege on the latest report of the UN Panel of Experts on the Congo

It was with great interest that we followed the media coverage of the latest report of the United Nations Group of Experts on the Congo on August 4, 2022. The truth is stubborn, it always comes out in the end.

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20 July 2022 · statement

Statement by Dr. Mukwege following the announcement of the deployment of the East African Community Regional Force

July 20, 2022, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo — The Democratic Republic of Congo is in peril. For the umpteenth time, our country is being subjected to a war of aggression by proxy, threatening nation

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17 July 2022 · statement

Statement by Dr. Mukwege on the Day of International Criminal Justice

July 17, 2022 — The Day of International Criminal Justice commemorates the adoption of the Rome Statute, the treaty establishing the International Criminal Court (ICC), which seeks to bring justice to victims o

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20 June 2022 · letter

Message from Dr. Mukwege To the Congolese Population

June 20, 2022 My dear compatriots, The hour is serious. This Sunday, June 19, we met with several religious leaders of the Church of Christ in Congo to share our concerns about the security situation that curre

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11 June 2022 · essay

Prevention of conflict-related sexual violence in Ukraine and globally

In The Lancet, with Lindsay Stark, Kim Thuy Seelinger, Rosalie M. Ibala and Yuliia Tovpeko. What two decades in South Kivu teach a war that is only beginning.

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