Guardian:
More than 30 women were raped in a coordinated attack in the Democratic Republic of Congo on New Year's Day, the aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières has reported.
MSF said 33 women were raped in Fizi, South Kivu, in the eastern part of the war-torn country.
"Women had been restrained with ropes or beaten unconscious with the butt of a gun before being attacked, some in front of their children," said Annemarie Loof, an official with the medical aid organisation. "Up to four armed men were involved at a time and homes and shops were looted," she said in a statement.
MSF teams treated 14 women at the hospital in Fizi on 3 January, and 19 the next day. Two severely wounded people were transferred to Baraka hospital, one with serious head injuries after being beaten with a rock, the other having been shot in the chest.
The United Nations says rape is a frequent weapon of war in Congo. Around 15,000 women were raped in eastern Congo in 2009. It is believed that many cases go unreported.
In September, a UN report condemned Congo's security forces for failing prevent a mass rape last summer.
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They still are not protecting the people. The security forces need some remedial counterinsurgency training.
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This displays the African "culture" at it's best. They will never change.
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