Congolese Nobel Peace Prize winner Denis Mukwege hopes a new film about his life will achieve what decades of activism have struggled to do: bringing his country’s “forgotten” wars to wide public attention.

Mukwege, a world-renowned gynaecologist who specialises in treating rape victims, is the central figure in the Franco-Belgian biopic “Muganga – Celui qui soigne” (“Muganga – The One Who Treats”), which will hit cinemas on Wednesday.

The production, which has backing from Hollywood A-lister Angelina Jolie, retells Mukwege’s remarkable career at the head of Panzi hospital in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo through his relationship with Belgian surgeon and long-time ally Guy-Bernard Cadiere.

Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018, the 70-year-old has operated on thousands of women

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