But few of the women managed to get away ... Human rights groups say rape is widely used as a weapon of war in DR Congo by both the M23 rebels and government forces. What's the fighting in ...

Though the most recent civil war ended in 2003 ... rape was being used as a weapon in Congo’s war.” Since then Panzi Hospital has treated 85,000 women, children and babies.

As Rwanda-backed rebels closed in on eastern Congo's largest city, retreating army soldiers barged into Suzanne Amisi Wilonja ...