The Independent skriver om hur över 40 000 kvinnor våldtagits och i vissa fall hållits som sexslavar under det långa inbördeskriget i Kongo.
Floriane, 21, was abducted from the forest and held in captivity by a militia from 2001 to 2004. "It was terrible. They used to beat me on my arms with an iron bar, just like an animal. I can't move my arm now. As we were considered sex slaves, sometimes as many as five soldiers would rape me, and I became pregnant. It was a very difficult birth, because I gave birth in the bush. The soldiers wouldn't let me go and the very day I gave birth, several soldiers raped me," she told Amnesty.
Många av kvinnorna smittdes med HIV och är nu i desperat behov av vård. Läkare Utan Gränser finns i området men beräknar att de har kapacitet att hjälpa max fem procent av de drabbade.
Se också inlägget "Ett krig i skuggan".
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