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LostandFound ago

Ah here now have a look at this, the email states

She must have been aware of the shock and discouragement of all our staff. In effect she was saying: "Your excellent work is not really excellent at all, and we will work with the Norwegians to replace you in North Kivu."

Overview of some financial support offered to north Kivu from Norway https://archive.fo/CpLYH

There more info on activities in South Kivu - while geographically distinct I hope to continue to add more linkages if they exist.

Search this doc for Norway - South Kivu comes straight up - help directed towards ( among other items ) survivors of sexual violence

http://www.trustfundforvictims.org/sites/default/files/imce/Annual%20Report%20Summary%202016.pdf / http://archive.is/iAtVZ

Norways activities specifically in South Kivu brings up this report titled 'Rape with Extreme Violence: The New Pathology in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo'

http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1000204 / http://archive.is/0GZtt

So where had all the money for North Kivu been directed any help here?

 

UPDATE: Clinton in Goma, Kivu https://archive.is/o9wIW

2009 August - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Goma, promises $17 million aid for victims of sexual violence.

  • 6 days before the OP wikileaks email

https://archive.is/1UX8h

So Clinton promises a lot of money to Goma, nearly more than the US offered after the volcano erupted in 2002 which displaced 3-400k people - then shafts a local institution and gives it to the Norwegans 6 days later - no wonder they were donating to her.

Side note possibly related: There may to be linkages with Norwegian Church Aid - https://www.kirkensnodhjelp.no/en/ They have been working in the congo since 1990 and operate in North and south Kivu https://archive.fo/Rbho8

@DominicTesla - please see

hopeforall ago

What the fuck? These people are fucking psychopaths for sure!

From the Article

"We consider rape an efficient form of biological warfare that is inexpensive to implement, effective over large areas, and does not particularly endanger the attackers. Its effectiveness relies on the perception, deeply embedded in patriarchal societies, that women's sexuality is a prefecture of male ownership, and it is linked to the persistence of unequal gender relations and particularly to the way women's bodies are regarded ([8], p. 45). Its impact is multiplied when the woman becomes pregnant and the attack is then passed on to the next generation [9].

Rape with extreme violence, as evidenced in the DRC today, is implemented in three ways: (i) gang rape, usually by three or more men, leading to a high risk of injury; (ii) genital mutilation; and (iii) intentional transmission of sexually transmitted diseases such as chlamydia and HIV. Extremely violent rape has been documented in the report of 492 REV survivors in South Kivu: 57.3% of the women were convinced that the extreme violence and cruelty inflicted on them by armed forces was “proof that there was a plan to destroy and exterminate the Congolese people or in any case the communities that these women belonged to” ([8], p. 48). Seventy-two percent of women reported that they were tortured during the rape itself (beaten, wounded with machetes, genitally mutilated/burned by drops of plastic melted by flame), and 12.4% had had objects inserted into their vaginas (sticks, bottles, green bananas, pestles coated in chili pepper, rifle barrels); some women, after being raped, were killed by shots fired into their vaginas ([8], p. 34). Many women interviewed also believed that the rapes are aimed at destroying women's identity by means of “ethnic cleansing,” and that spreading HIV/AIDS and impregnating women are also deliberate acts ([8], p. 49). Such a strategy was prevalent in the Rwandan genocide ([10], p. 49])."

YingYangMom ago

Very important article indeed. http://archive.is/0GZtt#selection-2851.10-2857.89

Summary

  1. In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the destructive and sadistic behaviour systematically perpetrated by different armed groups over the last ten years signals a new pathology we classify as rape with extreme violence (REV). Rape is considered an inexpensive and effective biological warfare as well as a means of ethnic cleansing and genocide.

  2. REV (rape with extreme violence) is devastating to populations and can permanently damage women's reproductive capacity. The most severe REV cases will need surgical repair of urogenital trauma, including urological-genital and rectal-genital fistulas, simple and diverse genital and/or anal wounds, diverse genital mutilation, and other complications such as fractures of the pelvis and femur.

  3. Compared with surrounding areas in the forest and in North Kivu where there are direct military clashes, Bukavu, South Kivu's best-funded hospital, the Panzi Hospital is one of the few established medical centres that has the capacity and the expertise to treat the victims and survivors of REV.

  4. Attacks on women of child-bearing age severely impacts family life (to the extreme that many women are abandoned by their husbands) or the future prospect of one, brought on by the shame of rape and the associated psychological and physical consequences. Given the large number of survivors and the long period of time required for healing, it is necessary to train social workers in each health region and help them get settled for the long term to allow localised provision of care. Which is one department that needs the most funding, besides equipment and specialised experts. Daycare is also provided for schoolgirls who have children as a result of rape.

  5. Trafficking of the DRC's minerals directly assists the occurrence of atrocities. While mass rape in the eastern DRC continues to be documented widely by NGOs and the UN, this has yet to curb the use of REV and end impunity for such crimes against humanity. Violence is indeed carried out by “warlords and drug-crazed child soldiers”, but the driving mechanism behind the war is a rational system that ultimately benefits:

-The military (arms deals)

-Commercial (acquisition of minerals such as, gold, cassiterite and coltan which contains tantalum (widely used in electronics manufacturing such as cellphones))

-Political elites (Bribes, cash, money laundering, slavery, human trafficking, et al)

This article definitely sheds a light on the atrocities that are occurring in DRC and how the CF could be connected to all this. I hope this helps.

standalone ago

-Political elites (Bribes, cash, money laundering, slavery, human trafficking, et al)

Note how the author considers slavery and human trafficking to be a staple of the political elite, alongside bribery and money laundering.

YingYangMom ago

It wasn't the author of this article's consideration but mine. I summarised it by putting forward the most relevant and important points, but also gave examples for some of the terms used. Here are some original passages that influenced this specific part of my summary:

In 2002, a UN Panel of Experts provided extensive documentation supporting the link between economic exploitation and human rights abuses, revealing that various armed groups have built up a self-financing war economy centred on mineral exploitation

also determined that companies and individuals operating in the DRC who, directly or indirectly, contribute to the revenues of the “elite network”—a small core of political and military/rebel elites and business persons involved in exploitation activities

link between sexual violence and mineral wealth,

Shabunda is a small mining town extremely rich in mineral resources, especially gold, coltan, and cassiterite, and is surrounded by jungle. It has been largely held by Rwandan forces and was heavily besieged by Mai-Mai militiamen who kidnapped townswomen for use as sex slaves. In 2002, the Guardian reported 2,000 women still missing

Kabare (Nindja) has deposits of coltan (which contains tantalum, widely used in electronics manufacture).

but the driving mechanism behind the war is a rational system that ultimately benefits the military, commercial, and political elites from the DRC and other countries [12]. Finding the political will to restrain the activity of the elite networks and their supporters is “the most important element in effectively halting the illegal exploitation of resources”