Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Sexual slavery rife in Democratic Republic of the Congo, says MSF | Global development | theguardian.com

Source: Global development | theguardian.com:

Healthcare professionals working for Médicins sans Frontières in the gold and diamond mining regions of Okapi forest, Orientale province, say they have treated hundreds of women who had been seized from villages and held as sex slaves, many of whom have life-threatening injuries from sustained abuse. Men and children are also being kidnapped and made to work in the mines.

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http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/jul/23/sexual-slavery-democratic-republic-congo-msf

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