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Reuters
Reuters
Health
By Sonia Rolley

Hundreds of sex crime victims treated in Congo displacement camps, MSF says

More than 670 women, or 48 new victims per day, have been treated for sexual violence in displacement camps in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in the last two weeks, medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Tuesday.

About 600,000 people are sheltering in the camps near Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, after fleeing rebel conflict in their home towns in the surrounding region.

Most of the victims reported being assaulted when they left the camps to get food or wood, MSF said.

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