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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Justin Kabumba and Zane Irwin

'I wanted to scream': Growing conflict in Congo drives sexual assault against displaced women

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A hooded man burst into the 42-year-old woman's tent while her children were out searching for food, then raped her in the displacement camp where she had fled war in eastern Congo.

“I wanted to scream (but) he took my mouth and he threatened me with death,” said the mother of four, who was abandoned by her husband after she became disabled in a motorcycle accident several years ago.

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