DRC promises to rein in officials after sexual abuse scandal
Health officials wearing Ebola protective gears. WHO report detailed horrid stories of women raped or forced into sexual acts by emergency responders they had hoped would help them during the Ebola crisis. PHOTO | FILE
Congolese officials are promising to set up an independent inquiry and punish local officials involved in sexual assaults detailed in a recent investigation by the World Health Organization (WHO).
But Kinshasa’s promise comes as those who had blown the whistle on abuses received threats for pushing for offenders to be punished in a country where such abuses are reported on a regular basis.
