Dr Denis Mukwege said he was quitting a special commission for fighting Covid-19 in South Kivu citing lack of facilitation from the government. Dr Mukwege earned the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018, alongside Iraqi Yazidi activist Nadia Murad, for campaigns against sexual violence. In the DRC, Dr Mukwege is famed for his surgeries on sexually violated women from the Congolese civil war. The response team recently recorded two deaths among its staff in Kinshasa. Dr Mukwege nevertheless said he will continue to make his "intellectual contribution in the fight against the pandemic in the province of South Kivu".

Source: Daily Nation June 11, 2020 02:48 UTC