Thousands of children have been raped and sexually abused in eastern Congo, UNICEF says

Congo-Kinshasa: Children Subjected to Deliberate, Systemic Sexual Violence

Sexual violence against children in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reached staggering proportions, with the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) reporting thousands of new cases in just two months - evidence that it's being used as a systemic weapon of war and deliberate terror tactic.

Thousands of children raped in war-torn DR Congo, UNICEF says

Thousands of children have been subjected to rape and sexual violence in conflict-battered eastern Congo over the course of two months, the UN children's agency said Friday, warning that existing funding gaps meant that hundreds of thousands were deprived of protection. Children make up between 35% to 45% of the nearly 10,000 cases of rape and sexual violence reported January and February this year, James Elder, the spokesperson for UNICEF told …

Similarly, James Elder, UNICEF spokesman, added that “it is a weapon of war and a deliberate tactic of terror that destroys families and communities.” READ ALSO: More than 43 killed by floods in the Democratic Republic of the Congo According to the agency's spokesman, “a girl was raped every half an hour during the most intense phase of the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo this year.” The organization noted that thousands…

Thousands of children subject to sexual violence in eastern Congo, UNICEF says

GENEVA - Children including toddlers represent more than a third of victims in nearly 10,000 cases of rape and other forms of sexual violence committed in eastern Congo in the first two months of the year, the U.N. children's agency said on Friday. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The UN Children's Agency warns that the rate of sexual violence against children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is increasing. The UN Children's Agency warns that the rate of sexual violence against children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is condemning the brutal violence against minors in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where even kindergarten-aged children and younger are being raped, said UNICEF representative James Elder, who visited Goma in the east of the country.