Médecins Sans Frontières apologises for using images of child rape survivor

Medical charity's president calls publication of controversial photographs a mistake' and says guidelines will be tightened

The international president of Medecins Sans Frontieres has apologised for publishing photographs of a teenage rape survivor from the Democratic Republic of the Congo on its website, following criticism that the images were unethical and racist.

Dr Christos Christou also announced that the medical charity had tightened its guidelines on photographing vulnerable minors, such as survivors of sexual abuse, requiring that they should not be identified visually or by name.