Congo army 'needs help to prevent mass rapes'

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s army needs more international help to prevent brutal rebel attacks such as the recent mass gang-rape, a government spokesman said today.

Congo army 'needs help to prevent mass rapes'

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s army needs more international help to prevent brutal rebel attacks such as the recent mass gang-rape, a government spokesman said today.

Information Minister Lambert Mende also charged that the United Nations exaggerates the amount of rape in DR Congo and said its top official for sexual violence in conflict is wrong to call the country the “rape capital of the world”.

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