The United Nations Group said sexual violence against children soared in the Congo.
UNICEF said on Thursday that sexual violence against children in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has soared as land and mineral resources in the country creates disputes over land and mineral resources, ethnic tensions and disputes in the country.
The organization, known as UNICEF, reported that healthcare facilities in Goma and surrounding areas recorded 170 children raped between January 27 and February 2.
Lianne Gutcher, head of communications at UNICEF Congo Colombia, said health agencies reported 572 rape cases at the time, compared with an average of 95 cases in the previous few weeks. She added that “armed personnel” belonging to all parties committed violence in the conflict.
Aid Team Save Children Reports similar trends in child victimization in eastern Congo.
It is said that it was a rebel supported by Rwanda and has been occupying the Democratic Republic of the Congo at a lightning speed. In a month, they defeated the Congolese army several times and caused more than 500,000 people to flee. In late January, the rebels captured Goma, a Congolese city with 3 million people along the border of North Dan.
The president of Rwanda denied that his country was arming rebels, or that his troops were in Congo.
The rebels, known as M23, said they are protecting the Tetussi, a minority massacre in the 1994 genocide, some of whom also live in Congo. However, experts say the group is a rare mineral in Congo.
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell, “In the northern and southern provinces of Kivo, we are receiving terrorist reports of serious violations of children by all parties to the conflict, said in a statement. The medical staff exhausted drugs used to reduce the risk of HIV infection after attacks.
Save the children said there is evidence that 18 girls were sexually assaulted in the southern Kivo province and a 16-year-old girl was killed in resistance to an armed man.
“A mother told our staff how her six daughters, the youngest 12-year-old, were systematically raped by armed personnel while searching for food,” she said.
The leaders of the rebel group vowed to bring orders and security to the areas they control.
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