It is good to see these are getting more official attention: now it is surely past time to see something actually being done about the situation.
Yakin Erturk said the situation in South Kivu province was the worst she had seen in four years as special UN investigator on violence against women.
She said women had been tortured, forced to eat human flesh and men had been forced to rape relatives.
She said rebels, soldiers and police were responsible.
Last year’s UN-supervised elections were supposed to end years of conflict in DR Congo but violence continues, especially in the east.
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