Colonel convicted of ordering mass rapes in Congo

A CONGOLESE colonel has become the first senior officer to be convicted of organising one of the country’s many savage army mass rapes.

Lt Col Mutuare Daniel Kibibi was jailed for 20 years for crimes against humanity yesterday.

Kibibi, 46, was accused of ordering his troops to attack the village of Fizi on New Year’s Day where 62 women were raped. One gave evidence that Kibibi himself raped her for 40 minutes.