Rape in DR Congo is a frequent unfortunate thing that has been happening since the beginning of the war. It was previously done by the rebels but recently, as talked about in this article, it is done by the army. The very people that were put in place to protect the population are the same that turned around and arm them.
What happened was an army officer got drunk and fired his arm and shot a civilian. It is unacceptable that an officer on duty with a loaded fire arm drinks. The villagers were upset because they thought the civilian was dead and attack the officer and killed him. When other officer heard about their colleague been killed, they attacked the village and raped about 50 women. And some of these women were tied by ropes and other beaten with a rifle before been raped in front of their children.
What I am trying to understand is that what do the women of that village have to do with the death of their colleagues? I strongly believe that the people that attack their colleagues are men, because in their culture the woman is suppose to at home cooking and taking care of the kids, so it is less likely that she would be where the officer was attacked.
Another point I want to make is that, this action are the cause of the miss management of the government. Because with the current shaky government in RDC it almost impossible for them to actually make a good selection of who can get into the army and who can’t.
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I did not know of rape being so frequent in DR Congo. This is horrific. The thought of men in the army, fighting to honor their country, are only disrespecting everything and everyone they are fighting for. It is unethical to treat any person the way the 50 women of DR Congo were treated like. I think these type of actions are a result of being present in an unorganized, undeveloped and unsafe government/economy. This is also the army's responsibility of who they allow/appoint as individuals to represent this country.
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