The NY Times Look at Rape Epidemic in Congo
Monday, January 21, 2008 at 07:52PM From an October piece in the New York Times:
''The sexual violence in Congo is the worst in the world,'' said John Holmes, the United Nations under secretary general for humanitarian affairs. ''The sheer numbers, the wholesale brutality, the culture of impunity -- it's appalling.''
The days of chaos in Congo were supposed to be over. Last year, this country of 66 million people held a historic election that cost $500 million and was intended to end Congo's various wars and rebellions and its tradition of epically bad government.
These horrific stories help to illustrate the very personal toll on the communities we of People to People Liaison are committed to serving.
Click here to read the full article: Rape Epidemic Raises Trauma of Congo War.
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