Sunday, October 31, 2010

Congolese women raped on Congo-Angola border, U.N. officials say

A Congolese woman participates in the 'World March of Women' in the Democratic Republic of Congo on October 17

Thirty Congolese women on the border of Angola and Congo were held in a dungeonlike prison and systematically raped by uniformed men, according to U.N. officials.
The Congolese women were part of a group of 150 people who had recently been expelled from Angola.
The United Nations said the women reported they were held for nearly two weeks in early October and raped. The U.N. said three people in the group were killed, including two men and a woman, who died after being repeatedly raped. Those who survived and were released then returned to the Congo in the nude and with no belongings, according to the United Nations.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/10/27/congo.women.raped/index.html

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