Allegation of Mass Rape in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
August 25, 2010
August 25, 2010
PRETORIA, South Africa, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Embassy issued the following news release:
The United States is deeply concerned by reports of the mass rape of women and children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) - an armed, illegal rebel group that has terrorized eastern Congo for over a decade - and elements of the Mai Mai, community-based militia groups in eastern Congo. This horrific attack is yet another example o . . .
The United States is deeply concerned by reports of the mass rape of women and children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) - an armed, illegal rebel group that has terrorized eastern Congo for over a decade - and elements of the Mai Mai, community-based militia groups in eastern Congo. This horrific attack is yet another example o . . .