Brutal Mass Rape In The Congo

Stories like this in my opinion represent the complete and utter breakdown of a society. It is extremely disheartening. There are these points and pockets throughout the world where humanity is replaced with unconscious brutality, where basic understanding is replaced with disgusting violence.

Al Jazeera: UN 'failed' DR Congo rape victims

UN troops failed 242 women and children who suffered a mass rape attack in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a top UN peacekeeping official has said.


Congo hosts the largest and most costly UN peacekeeping mission in the world, but the mass rape attacks happened just 30km from a UN base some time between July 30 and August 3 in the North Kivu region.