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Accounts of child survivors shed light on surge of rape and sexual violence in conflict-torn DRC

Accounts of child survivors shed light on surge of rape and sexual violence in conflict-torn DRC

Editor’s Note: Warning: This story contains descriptions of rape and sexual violence.




CNN
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Sixteen-year-old Darkuna watched, terrified, as six gun-wielding men ransacked her home. “For God’s sake, what do you really want?” she cried.

One of the fighters looked directly at the girl and responded: “I want you.”

After stealing the family’s valuables, each of the armed men raped Darkuna and her 18-year-old sister. Their parents, helpless, were forced to watch.

Darkuna is a pseudonym for the teenager, who provided this testimony to the United Nations’ children’s agency UNICEF via a partner organization on the ground in…

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