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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

16 MAY 2021

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

29 SEP 2020

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