By Paul Shepard on Aug 24th 2010 11:11AM
Filed under: News, Race and Civil Rights
In one of those stories that will leave you shaking your head in disbelief, aid workers in the Congo reported that 200 women and baby boys were gang raped over a four-day period not far from a United Nation's peacekeepers base near a mining district.
Rwandan and Congolese rebels in the eastern Congo are being blamed for the raping and looting attacks.
Though the U.N. had peacekeepers in a village less than 20 miles away from where the rapes occurred, they were outnumbered by rebels by more than 10 to 1, according to witness reports.
No one was killed in the attacks. Women and four young boys ranging from 1 month to 18 months of age were systematically raped in front of family members or dragged into the woods and attacked there.
Pictured above is Myapezeze Florence and her son Yobo Zamaki, 8, who was kidnapped from his mother and forced to watch rapings and murders for two months. Yobo finally escaped and returned to his mother. Meanwhile, Myapezeze's husband was murdered.
As a weapon, rape is becoming as commonplace as guns in the Congo. The U.N. said 8,300 rapes were reported last year, but the true number is probably significantly higher.
The situation in the Congo seems irrevocably broken.
Both the rebels and troops from the government are accused of raping and pillaging in their war over rich gold and mineral fields.
It costs more than $1 billion to fund the U.N. force of 20,000 soldiers, and still their numbers are far too small to do the job of patrolling people who will do absolutely anything -- including raping infants -- to win.
In a world filled with heartbreaking stories of man's inhumanity toward his fellow man, the fighting in Congo ranks near the top.
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By: elizabeth on 8/25/2010 6:07PM
The same thing happened here in America by ministers and even the church body is doing nothing so what can we expect from minority countries?
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By: Golda NYC on 8/26/2010 12:40AM
Kill all those Rapists of women and children from the Congo the world doesn't need things like that to exist, and by things I mean any human who can do that to their fellow man are not human to me, they need to be extracted from the human race for been so cruel towards their fellow man. God be with the women and children and all the innocents, Raping babies, bastards and cowards.
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By: Ruth Walker on 8/30/2010 7:08PM
It saddens me that such inhumane acts exist and theres not enough that can be done to eliminate them. Whether it be blacks upon blacks or whites upon whites no child should have to suffer such monstrosities and no parent should have to watch their babies suffer so. I feel so helpless when I read of such things. It really makes my heart ache.
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By: PeteRocks on 9/02/2010 12:55AM
Let out the killers that are not sex ofenders from us jails and send them over there to fight for free. They all ready know what to do to men who like to rape others.
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By: mariana on 9/09/2010 5:09AM
Hi eric well sweetie it says it happens in africa but it happens in other places as well china korea india oh yea and lets not forget mexico either.. juarez is the worst place to live in mexico women are raped and killed there every min of the day so just because they subject this article to the african community it happens everywhere else so don't even go there im mexican and black but im not so judgemental rape has been going on since before you and anyone else were even born this is a sad tragedy but its not something you can be so judgemental and ignorant about. i watch documentaries about things like this and hope that one day i will be able to do something about it something you should be doing rather than being a a-hole about something you know nothing about you inconsiderate little boy think about things before you say them and don't be a retard about it ok
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By: Jimmie on 9/23/2010 1:46PM
It,s sad when you speak on Black subjects some predujice white or Hispanic comes aboard with a total hate mentality. Miami is full of predjudice hispanics that don't give a hoop about anything pertaining us Black American, but our women. They come on this network sounding like 1950's raciest.This network lets these ignarant raciest say anything they wish. Is Black Views controled by Whites, if so I'm going to Black American Web. You don't hear ignarant replies to worl situations.
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