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Robert Flummerfelt

Robert Flummerfelt is an independent journalist based in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Crime scenes: These artist illustrations portray a man sitting at a hotel, a hospital and a maternity ward in Butembo, a DRC aid hub in the Ebola outbreak of 2018- 2020 where local women were allegedly abused. Illustrations: Robert Flummerfelt/The New Humanitarian
AID WORKERS

New sex abuse claims against aid workers exposed in DRC

Investigation finds extensive abuse of power by men allegedly working at organisations such as the World Health Organisation

  • Robert Flummerfelt
  • Ange Kasongo
7 min read
More than 50 women accuse aid workers in the DRC of sexual exploitation and abuse, according to an investigation by The New Humanitarian and Thomson Reuters Foundation.
ALIMA

Women accuse aid workers of sexual abuse during the DRC’s Ebola crisis

More than 50 women have accused Ebola aid workers from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and leading nongovernmental organisations of sexual exploitation and abuse in the…

  • Robert Flummerfelt
  • Nellie Peyton
12 min read