On June 4, 2025<\/strong>, 75 Nobel laureates<\/strong> signed a tribune published in the newspaper Le Monde<\/em><\/strong>, calling for international mobilization in the face of continuing suffering in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo<\/strong>. The initiative is spearheaded by Dr. Denis Mukwege<\/strong>, winner of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize<\/strong>, recognized for his fight on behalf of women victims of sexual violence used as weapons of war. <\/p>\n\n The signatories – from fields as diverse as peace, medicine, literature and chemistry – denounce the persistent global silence<\/strong> in the face of a major humanitarian crisis<\/strong>. They point out that for over 30 years, the eastern DRC has been the scene of recurrent armed conflict<\/strong>, massive human rights violations<\/strong> and a systemic impunity<\/strong> that maintains the spiral of violence. <\/p>\n\n \u201cA forgotten and neglected tragedy that must be placed at the top of the international agenda,\u201d they write.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n According to the UN, nearly 7 million people are currently displaced<\/strong> by insecurity in the country. Civilians are paying a heavy price, exposed to violence, looting, instability and lack of protection. <\/p>\n\n The 75 Nobel laureates are calling for an urgent international peace conference<\/strong> to mobilize the international community<\/strong> and bring the Congolese conflict out of its geopolitical invisibilization<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n They also denounce the continued presence of the Rwandan army in eastern DRC<\/strong>, which they describe as\u201cillegal aggression\u201d,<\/strong> despite a UN resolution passed last February expressly calling on Rwanda to cease its support for the M23<\/strong> armed group.<\/p>\n\n In their appeal, the signatories highlight the international community’s inequitable treatment of<\/strong> conflicts. They point to a \u201cdouble standard\u201d,<\/strong> comparing inaction in the DRC with reactivity in the Ukraine-Russia<\/strong> conflict. <\/p>\n\n With this collective appeal, 75 Nobel Prize winners are calling for global awareness<\/strong> of the human tragedy that continues to unfold in the east of the DRC, in the midst of general indifference<\/strong>. By calling for a high-level international conference<\/strong>, they hope to break the wall of silence and put peace in the Congo<\/strong> back at the heart of diplomatic priorities<\/strong>. A strong signal that inaction is also a form of complicity<\/strong>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A collective forum to denounce global inaction On June 4, 2025, 75 Nobel laureates signed a tribune published in the newspaper Le Monde, calling for international mobilization in the face of continuing suffering in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The initiative is spearheaded by Dr. Denis Mukwege, winner of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,58,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa","category-miscellaneous","category-policy"],"yoast_head":"\nA tragedy ignored for three decades<\/h3>\n\n
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An alarming humanitarian situation<\/h3>\n\n
International peace conference called for<\/h3>\n\n
Denouncing double standards<\/h3>\n\n
Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n