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September 10, 2010

Rape Survivors in the Congo Recall Horror
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Rape survivors in the village of Luvungi in the Democratic Republic of
Congo have begun describing the recent horrors they suffered when rebel
forces mass-raped hundreds of women over a two-month period. Zaina
Nyangoma is one of the rape survivors who has talked about her ordeal.

Zaina Nyangoma: "After they raped us, they would walk out and we would
do our best to escape in the bush and sometimes we would have to crawl
on the ground, while they would rape others until dawn. They would also
sometimes follow us in the bush or wherever we are hiding at night, and
if we were found, they would then rape us again, and that’s how they
managed to rape all the women of Luvungi."



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