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 Community of Pentecostal Churches in Central Africa (CEPAC) in Kasindi, in the territory of Beni in […]
Joint-Statement
As allegations of corruption plague members of the European Parliament and the Association Against Impunity and for Transitional Justice (Fight Impunity), the Panzi Foundation would like to share this statement to clarify our relationship with these institutions. Dr. Denis Mukwege, President of the Panzi Foundation and recipient of the 2014 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of […]
Alors que le groupe armé terroriste M23 soutenu directement et indirectement par les Forces rwandaises de défense (RDF) est aux portes de Goma, la 3e ville de la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC), la situation humanitaire déjà catastrophique se dégrade encore davantage, faisant augmenter le nombre de déplacés internes à presque 6 millions de personnes. Suite […]
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 catastrophic humanitarian situation is deteriorating further, increasing the number of internally displaced persons to almost 6 million. Following […]
October 24, 2022, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo — It is with horror that we were informed of the massacre committed on the night of October 19-20, 2022 in Maboya, a village located in North Kivu Province, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. We strongly condemn this attack attributed to elements from […]
Ce 2 septembre à Bukavu, a eu lieu la cérémonie de lancement du projet TUMAINI, Santé et droits des femmes, des adolescentes et des enfants, permettant le démarrage d’un projet de partenariat entre la Fondation Panzi et l’Université de Montréal. Mis en œuvre par la Fondation Panzi avec l’Unité de santé internationale et l’Observatoire Hygeia […]
On September 2, in Bukavu, the launch ceremony of the TUMAINI project, Health and Rights of Women, Adolescents and Children, took place, allowing the start of a partnership project between Panzi Foundation and the University of Montreal. Implemented by Panzi Foundation with the International Health Unit and the Hygeia Observatory of the University of Montreal, […]
Focus on Elections, Repression, Corruption, Rampant Violence in East (Washington, DC) – United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken should publicly promote free and fair elections, respect for human rights, and anti-corruption efforts during his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo on August 9 and 10, 2022, 17 US and Congolese organizations and experts said today. […]
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. Thus, solid evidence collected by the United Nations establishes that between November 2021 and July […]
It is with great desolation that I discovered the images of the unfortunate incidents that occurred at various MONUSCO bases in Goma yesterday, Monday, July 25, 2022. Some offices were ransacked and equipment looted. Protesters were violently repressed. This is deplorable. I sympathize with the plight of MONUSCO and the trauma of its staff. I […]