Democratic Republic of Congo: Health Professional Action: Enforced disappearance of medical doctor

Index Number: AFR 62/013/2007
Date Published: 31 August 2007
Categories: Africa, Democratic Republic Of Congo

This month marks a year since Dr Faustin Sosso was abducted in central Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), by armed men believed to be members of the Garde R�publicaine, President Joseph Kabila's presidential guard. Faustin Sosso is a medical doctor who also worked as medical adviser to Jean-Pierre Bemba, the main rival to President Kabila in the DRC's 2006 presidential elections. A year after his abduction, his family still has no news about his fate.