UN Says 8,000 Rapes Reported in East Congo Last Year
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More than 8,000 cases of rape were reported last year in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern Kivu provinces, where government forces are battling rebel fighters, the United Nations humanitarian agency said.
Of the rapes, “a vast majority were committed by armed groups, including the national army,” the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in an e-mailed report today.
Humanitarian groups cannot reach 30 percent of the people displaced by fighting because of continuing insecurity in remote parts of the Kivus, the report said, adding that there were 179 attacks against humanitarian workers in the provinces in 2009, compared with 112 in 2008. In total, seven aid workers were killed last year, all Congolese nationals, Giuliano said.
In December, the UN Security Council mandated that peacekeepers in Congo base all future support for the Congolese army on its adherence to international law and protection of civilians.
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More than 8,000 cases of rape were reported last year in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern Kivu provinces, where government forces are battling rebel fighters, the United Nations humanitarian agency said.
Of the rapes, “a vast majority were committed by armed groups, including the national army,” the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in an e-mailed report today.
Humanitarian groups cannot reach 30 percent of the people displaced by fighting because of continuing insecurity in remote parts of the Kivus, the report said, adding that there were 179 attacks against humanitarian workers in the provinces in 2009, compared with 112 in 2008. In total, seven aid workers were killed last year, all Congolese nationals, Giuliano said.
In December, the UN Security Council mandated that peacekeepers in Congo base all future support for the Congolese army on its adherence to international law and protection of civilians.
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