William Hague and Angelina Jolie arrive in Rwanda to meet sexual violence victims Foreign Secretary touched down in Africa with Oscar winning star Angelina Jolie working with Mr Hague in her role as UN special envoy Pair set to meet rape survivors in both Rwanda and DR Congo William Hague has come under fire for gallivanting around Africa with Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie rather than staying at home to deal with the fall-out from the Cyprus crisis. The Foreign Secretary is meeting survivors of rape and sexual violence in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo with Miss Jolie, the Oscar-winning star of the Tomb Raider films and a United Nations special envoy. The politician and film star - an unlikely duo - have joined forces to call on all governments to help eradicate sexual violence in conflicts when they meet local political leaders. Unlikely pair: Foreign Secretary William Hague and Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie arrive in Rwanda where they are due to meet rape victims Visit: Mr Hague is pictured at the Ujio Wetu project in the Democratic Republic of Congo Today they visited the Nzulo camp near Goma, in the Congolese province of North Kivu, where they talked to some of the 10,000 sex attack victims housed in the camp, as well as the staff helping to rehabilitate them. Miss Jolie, the wife of Brad Pitt, is continuing the work she started with Mr Hague in London last year, when they launched the UK's Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative. But last night William Dartmouth, the foreign affairs spokesman for UKIP, said Mr Hague should be concentrating on the fall-out from Cyprus's economic problems, which could have huge impact for the whole of Europe. The MEP said: "William Hague should be more concerned with the crisis on our doorstep than chasing photo ops with Hollywood stars. War rape is a terrible thing, practiced down the centuries, but his job is the one entrusted to him, defending Britain's vital economic and diplomatic interests. Miss Jolie's 2011 film In The Land Of Blood And Honey depicted the experiences of women in the infamous rape camps set up during ethnic cleansing in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and was a catalyst for the UK initiative, the Foreign Office said. She said: "This visit is about hearing first hand from people who have endured rape and sexual violence during the conflict in the Eastern DRC. We want to identify ways in which the international community can help them to rebuild their lives. War zones: The pair, pictured together last year, are working together to raise awareness of sexual violence in war-torn countries Unless the world acts, we will always be reacting to atrocities, treating survivors rather than preventing rape in the first place. I welcome the United Kingdom's efforts to galvanise the international action that is so desperately needed. The actress and mother-of-six has highlighted the plight of refugees worldwide for over a decade in her role as a UN High Commissioner for Refugees Special Envoy. The visit comes three weeks before the foreign ministers meet in London with their counterparts in the US, France, Canada, Japan, Germany, Russia and Italy for the annual meeting of the G8. Mr Hague said: "Rape is often used as a weapon of war in conflict zones around the world. It destroys people's lives and communities in the most horrific manner imaginable. Yet more often than not the international community looks away, the perpetrators of these brutal crimes walk free and the cycle of injustice and conflict is repeated. We have to shatter this culture of impunity.