Years of conflict in eastern Congo have created a dire mental health crisis. Aid groups say the number of people seeking care has spiked as fighting intensifies. Some of the worst affected struggle to survive in cramped, violent displacement sites that aren’t conducive to recovery.
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The number of people reporting suicidal thoughts has jumped from about five a month at the beginning of the year to more than 120, it said.Congo finally begins mpox vaccinations in a drive to slow outbreaks “All around us there is war, and the number of people facing difficulty is increasing daily,” said Innocent Ntamuheza, a psychologist with Action Against Hunger.
Some armed men live among the camps’ population. During a visit in August, The Associated Press saw men carrying guns and a truck of people in military fatigues drive through, chanting war songs. It wasn’t clear if the people were with the military or self-defense groups. A 38-year-old said she was raped by three armed men in a field while she was looking for food in May. The AP does not name people who have been sexually assaulted. The mother of eight has been seeking help at a clinic run by Doctors Without Borders, also known by its acronym MSF, but said she often can’t sleep at night and sees the men in her dreams.“It reminds me of the men who raped me,” she said.
Lt. Col. Guillaume Ndjike, spokesman for Congo’s army in the east, said the army is trying to protect people in the camps by conducting night patrols and setting up mobile police stations. He said armed men aren’t allowed in the sites, and people accused of sexual assault or murder are apprehended and held accountable.Some aid groups are training community leaders to spot signs of people who might need mental health support and refer them to a clinic.
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