New York, Oct. 16 -- It is an alarming figure: In Salamabila, in the province of Maniema in central-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), at least seven people on average are raped every day, according to data collected by Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) since the start of its intervention in 2018.

In this province, sexual and gender-based violence is a persistent crisis. Armed men, who remain responsible for three-quarters of the attacks, are still present. Since 2019, MSF has treated 16,436 survivors in Salamabila, and between 2019 and 2024, the number of women MSF treated increased by a factor of 11.

Despite these advances in reaching survivors, and a positive track record, particularly in terms of commun...