oday at a press conference in Kinshasa, a coalition of leading Congolese civil society and human rights groups, joined by The Sentry, Human Rights Watch, Panzi Foundation, and other international NGOs, will present a jointly signed declaration calling for the Democratic Republic of Congo’s 2023 national elections to be free, credible, transparent, inclusive, and democratic.
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March 8, 2022 Today, we celebrate International Women’s Day – an opportunity for us to salute the power and strength of women and girls around the world, and honor the role they play in our economies, our communities, and in our homes. However, on this day of commemoration, the recognition of the power of women […]
Statement by Dr. Denis Mukwege I am delighted with the signing of this agreement between France and Panzi Hospital and Foundation, in the presence of Vice-Minister Véronique Kilumba Nkulu, the French Ambassador to the DRC, Mr. Bruno Aubert, the Director of L’Agence Française De Développement, Ms. Safia Ibrahim, Director DR Congo, Mr. Issoumaila Konate, the […]
Bukavu – January 31, 2022 Panzi Foundation strongly condemns the murder of Ms. Anne Marie Buhoro. We are in mourning. The life of Anne Marie Buhoro, staff of the Interim Reparations Project, was taken in an act of mindless violence. Once again, barbarism has taken the most precious thing of all: human life. Panzi Foundation […]
On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we pay tribute to the resilience and strength of women who, despite all the discrimination, abuse, and violence to which they are subjected, continue to carry their families and many vital sectors of the economy and society on their shoulders. Violence […]
It is with deep and profound sadness that Panzi Foundation announces the unexpected passing of the Chair of its United States Board of Directors, Mrs. Nita Evele. Mrs. Evele was a passionate and dedicated human rights defender and activist who cared deeply about the future of her home country, the Democratic Republic of Congo. “I […]
C’est avec effroi que nous avons appris les récentes tueries commises au Nord Kivu et en Ituri. Alors qu’au moins 19 civils ont été tués le 27 août 2021 dans le Territoire de Beni, au moins 30 civils ont été massacrés par armes blanches et armes contondantes le 3 septembre 2021 dans le Territoire d’Irumu […]
It is with horror that we have learned of the recent killings in North Kivu and Ituri. While at least 19 civilians were killed on August 27, 2021 in Beni Territory, at least 30 civilians were massacred with knives and blunt weapons on September 3, 2021 in Irumu Territory in attacks attributed to Allied Democratic […]
To my dear brothers and sisters, inhabitants of Goma, While the province of North Kivu mourns its dead almost daily, victims of recurrent massacres in Beni, here is a part of Goma, the province’s capital, suffering the devastation of an eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano. The toll is heavy: dead, injured, missing, displaced, children separated […]
Bukavu, January 5, 2021 — Statement from Dr. Mukwege following the indictment of Roger Lumbala Cliquez ici pour lire en français We salute the commitment of the National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor’s Office in Paris for having initiated this first indictment pronounced in the framework of a judicial procedure opened on the basis of the UN Mapping […]