At a press conference held at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday 7 May, Denis Mukwege gave an alarming account of the humanitarian and political situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Congolese doctor warned against “neglect” of a crisis that has been ravaging Africa’s Great Lakes region for almost thirty years, against a backdrop of illegal exploitation of natural resources, and called on the EU to regain a leading role in the various...