The United Nations Joint Bureau on Human Rights has signalled a drop in sexual violence against women in the Democratic Republic of Congo during the month of October 2020. In its monthly report published on Tuesday, the UN Bureau revealed that combatants of armed groups in the country were responsible for 10 of the sexual […]
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Hundreds of women who have been victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo came out to protest over the trauma and abandonment they continue to suffer decades after they were raped. The women who participated in the march which took place in Bukavu, South Kivu last night are calling for the application […]
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Hundreds of people trooped out on Monday at the Matete High Court, Kinshasa, to witness the trial of four individuals accused of having raped women in a health centre in Kinseso, Democratic Republic of Congo. The trial, which started at 5:20 pm, however, had to be adjourned and is scheduled to continue on Tuesday at […]
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Most recent figures available just published by the Joint United Nations Bureau on Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo indicate that in spite of the international attention on sexual violence in the Democratice Republic of Congo, the incidence of rape against women continues to be on the rise. The report indicates that as […]
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