Armed people raped hundreds of children in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and recruited child soldiers at an unprecedented level, UNS Children Fund said on Thursday, “Recently as a struggle area, in recent week.
“In North and South Kivu provinces, we are resumed to Horier. Herin Russell said in a statement.
Russell said, “A mother narrated to our employees how their six daughters, the youngest, were 12 years old, was systematically raped by armed men while searching for food,” Russell said.
More than 100 armed groups are prepared for the control of the mineral-rich east of the Congo in a decades long struggle, which has created one of the world’s largest human crisis. M23 Rebel – The most prominent armed group in the region – in late January, caught Goma, in late January, in a major growth of years fighting with government forces.
During the week of 27 January to 2 February, health facilities in the restative area reported 572 rape cases, increased by more than five times compared to last week, the Democratic Republic of Congo has increased the head of Communications in UNICEF in UNICEF, Linen Gachar, Head of Congo. , Told the Associated Press. He said that 170 of those people were children.
Armed men dismissed rapes, but it was not clear which specific armed group or army they belonged to Gachar said. “It is suspected that all sides committed sexual violence for struggle,” he said.
Last week, the United Human Rights Council launched a commission, which would investigate atrocities, including raps and summary execution, which was performed by both the Congo Army and M33 in the Eastern Congo at the beginning of the year.
On Monday, 84 congenital soldiers prosecuted murder, rape and other crimes against the country’s struggle-east for other crimes.
