Kigali, Rwanda- For ten years, a brutal civil war has been raging in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and to date, nearly 4 million people have been killed. But there are other victims who number in the tens of thousands, the women of Congo who have been systematically kidnapped, raped, mutilated and tortured by soldiers from all sides of the conflict.
In a country that held its first ‘democratic’ elections in 2006, years of conflict have taken their toll on the civilian population with figures now emerging about sexual violence that are almost ‘beyond’ comprehension. The resurgence of violence in Eastern Congo is fuelling fears that women will continue paying the price.
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