The work of a gynaecologist who treats rape victims who have been subjected to sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the focus of a film which has just been released. ‘The Man Who Mends Women’ tells the story of Dr Denis Mukwege. In 1999, the doctor set up a clinic in eastern DRC to treat rape victims.
Idara ya kuwahudumia wakimbizi ya Umoja wa Mataifa UNHCR imeanza kuwahamisha kiasi ya wakimbizi 1 500 wa Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati walotawanyika kwenye mpaka kati ya Congo na Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati na kuwapeleka katika kambi mpya ya wakimbizi km 70 ndani ya Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Congo.