Eastern DRC: sexual violence (72 images)

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$people walk back home at dusk in the infamous village of Kaniola, known for its regular massacres in the Eastern DRC province of South Kivu on Thursday May the 8th 2008.///.On thursday night fighting between the congolese army ( FARDC ) and militias left one man dead and 10 severally wounded...In Eastern DRC rape can be used as a weapon to undermine the whole social structure. Sexual violence is often used to weaken any opposition in the population. .Many women have been so sadistically attacked from the inside out, butchered by bayonets and assaulted with chunks of wood, that their reproductive and digestive systems are beyond repair. .According to the United Nations, 27,000 sexual assaults were reported in 2006 in South Kivu Province alone, and that may be just a fraction of the total number across the country. ?The sexual violence in Congo is the worst in the world,? said John Holmes, the United Nations under secretary general for humanitarian affairs..The attacks go on despite the presence of the largest United Nations peacekeeping force in the world, with more than 17,000 troops. ..NAMES AND AGE OF THE SUBJECTS HAVE BEEN OMITTED TO PROTECT THEIR IDENTITIES.$

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$Doctor Denis Mukwege ( on right ) medical director and founder of the Panzi hospital, performs reconstructive surgery to victims of sexual violence in the surgical ward of the Panzi hospital in Bukavu, in the Eastern DRC province of South Kivu on friday May the 9th 2008.///.Every day an average of six patients undergo dramatic reconstructive surgery, mostly fistulas, caused by sexual violence...In Eastern DRC rape can be used as a weapon to undermine the whole social structure. Sexual violence is often used to weaken any opposition in the population. .Many women have been so sadistically attacked from the inside out, butchered by bayonets and assaulted with chunks of wood, that their reproductive and digestive systems are beyond repair. .According to the United Nations, 27,000 sexual assaults were reported in 2006 in South Kivu Province alone, and that may be just a fraction of the total number across the country. ?The sexual violence in Congo is the worst in the world,? said John Holmes, the United Nations under secretary general for humanitarian affairs..The attacks go on despite the presence of the largest United Nations peacekeeping force in the world, with more than 17,000 troops. ..NAMES AND AGE OF THE SUBJECTS HAVE BEEN OMITTED TO PROTECT THEIR IDENTITIES.$

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$Doctor Denis Mukwege's staff perform reconstructive surgery to victims of sexual violence in the surgical ward of the Panzi hospital in Bukavu, in the Eastern DRC province of South Kivu on friday May the 9th 2008.///.Every day an average of six patients undergo dramatic reconstructive surgery, mostly fistulas, caused by sexual violence...In Eastern DRC rape can be used as a weapon to undermine the whole social structure. Sexual violence is often used to weaken any opposition in the population. .Many women have been so sadistically attacked from the inside out, butchered by bayonets and assaulted with chunks of wood, that their reproductive and digestive systems are beyond repair. .According to the United Nations, 27,000 sexual assaults were reported in 2006 in South Kivu Province alone, and that may be just a fraction of the total number across the country. ?The sexual violence in Congo is the worst in the world,? said John Holmes, the United Nations under secretary general for humanitarian affairs..The attacks go on despite the presence of the largest United Nations peacekeeping force in the world, with more than 17,000 troops. ..NAMES AND AGE OF THE SUBJECTS HAVE BEEN OMITTED TO PROTECT THEIR IDENTITIES.$

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$Doctor Justin, waits for his next session while performing reconstructive surgery to victims of sexual violence in the surgical ward of the Panzi hospital in Bukavu, in the Eastern DRC province of South Kivu on friday May the 9th 2008.///.Every day an average of six patients undergo dramatic reconstructive surgery, mostly fistulas, caused by sexual violence...In Eastern DRC rape can be used as a weapon to undermine the whole social structure. Sexual violence is often used to weaken any opposition in the population. .Many women have been so sadistically attacked from the inside out, butchered by bayonets and assaulted with chunks of wood, that their reproductive and digestive systems are beyond repair. .According to the United Nations, 27,000 sexual assaults were reported in 2006 in South Kivu Province alone, and that may be just a fraction of the total number across the country. ?The sexual violence in Congo is the worst in the world,? said John Holmes, the United Nations under secretary general for humanitarian affairs..The attacks go on despite the presence of the largest United Nations peacekeeping force in the world, with more than 17,000 troops. ..NAMES AND AGE OF THE SUBJECTS HAVE BEEN OMITTED TO PROTECT THEIR IDENTITIES.$

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$Women, in the process of being dismissed from long inpatient treatment after being victims of sexual violence receive a meal donated by a MONUC ( United Nations Peacekeeping mission to DRC ) Pakistani Battalion in a special ward of the Panzi hospital in Bukavu, in the Eastern DRC province of South Kivu on Friday May the 9th 2008.///.All women in this ward have been sexually assaulted..MONUC does not allow its troops to use the mission's food for humanitarian purposes. Commanders go around the problem by bringing reserves of food from their own countries, who are then used if necessary as donations to local communities...In Eastern DRC rape can be used as a weapon to undermine the whole social structure. Sexual violence is often used to weaken any opposition in the population. .Many women have been so sadistically attacked from the inside out, butchered by bayonets and assaulted with chunks of wood, that their reproductive and digestive systems are beyond repair. .According to the United Nations, 27,000 sexual assaults were reported in 2006 in South Kivu Province alone, and that may be just a fraction of the total number across the country. ?The sexual violence in Congo is the worst in the world,? said John Holmes, the United Nations under secretary general for humanitarian affairs..The attacks go on despite the presence of the largest United Nations peacekeeping force in the world, with more than 17,000 troops. ..NAMES AND AGE OF THE SUBJECTS HAVE BEEN OMITTED TO PROTECT THEIR IDENTITIES.$

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$Women suffering from gynecological problems mostly caused by sexual violence, wait to be medically screened at an improvised medical center organized by staffers of the Panzi hospital, in the village of katana, in the Eastern DRC province of South Kivu on Tuesday May the 6th 2008.///..In Eastern DRC rape can be used as a weapon to undermine the whole social structure. Sexual violence is often used to weaken any opposition in the population. .Many women have been so sadistically attacked from the inside out, butchered by bayonets and assaulted with chunks of wood, that their reproductive and digestive systems are beyond repair. .According to the United Nations, 27,000 sexual assaults were reported in 2006 in South Kivu Province alone, and that may be just a fraction of the total number across the country. ?The sexual violence in Congo is the worst in the world,? said John Holmes, the United Nations under secretary general for humanitarian affairs..The attacks go on despite the presence of the largest United Nations peacekeeping force in the world, with more than 17,000 troops. ..NAMES AND AGE OF THE SUBJECTS HAVE BEEN OMITTED TO PROTECT THEIR IDENTITIES.$

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$Women suffering from gynecological problems mostly caused by sexual violence, wait to be medically screened at an improvised medical center organized by staffers of the Panzi hospital, in the village of katana, in the Eastern DRC province of South Kivu on Tuesday May the 6th 2008.///..In Eastern DRC rape can be used as a weapon to undermine the whole social structure. Sexual violence is often used to weaken any opposition in the population. .Many women have been so sadistically attacked from the inside out, butchered by bayonets and assaulted with chunks of wood, that their reproductive and digestive systems are beyond repair. .According to the United Nations, 27,000 sexual assaults were reported in 2006 in South Kivu Province alone, and that may be just a fraction of the total number across the country. ?The sexual violence in Congo is the worst in the world,? said John Holmes, the United Nations under secretary general for humanitarian affairs..The attacks go on despite the presence of the largest United Nations peacekeeping force in the world, with more than 17,000 troops. ..NAMES AND AGE OF THE SUBJECTS HAVE BEEN OMITTED TO PROTECT THEIR IDENTITIES.$

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$Women suffering from gynecological problems mostly caused by sexual violence, wait to be medically screened at an improvised medical center organized by staffers of the Panzi hospital, in the village of katana, in the Eastern DRC province of South Kivu on Tuesday May the 6th 2008.///.Most of the screened women suffer from physical problems caused by sexual violence...In Eastern DRC rape can be used as a weapon to undermine the whole social structure. Sexual violence is often used to weaken any opposition in the population. .Many women have been so sadistically attacked from the inside out, butchered by bayonets and assaulted with chunks of wood, that their reproductive and digestive systems are beyond repair. .According to the United Nations, 27,000 sexual assaults were reported in 2006 in South Kivu Province alone, and that may be just a fraction of the total number across the country. ?The sexual violence in Congo is the worst in the world,? said John Holmes, the United Nations under secretary general for humanitarian affairs..The attacks go on despite the presence of the largest United Nations peacekeeping force in the world, with more than 17,000 troops. ..NAMES AND AGE OF THE SUBJECTS HAVE BEEN OMITTED TO PROTECT THEIR IDENTITIES.$

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$An NGO Staffer who's job is to identify the most sever cases of gynecological problems holds a patient list in front of women waiting to be screened at an improvised medical center organized by staffers of the Panzi hospital, in the village of katana, in the Eastern DRC province of South Kivu on Tuesday May the 6th 2008.///..In Eastern DRC rape can be used as a weapon to undermine the whole social structure. Sexual violence is often used to weaken any opposition in the population. .Many women have been so sadistically attacked from the inside out, butchered by bayonets and assaulted with chunks of wood, that their reproductive and digestive systems are beyond repair. .According to the United Nations, 27,000 sexual assaults were reported in 2006 in South Kivu Province alone, and that may be just a fraction of the total number across the country. ?The sexual violence in Congo is the worst in the world,? said John Holmes, the United Nations under secretary general for humanitarian affairs..The attacks go on despite the presence of the largest United Nations peacekeeping force in the world, with more than 17,000 troops. ..NAMES AND AGE OF THE SUBJECTS HAVE BEEN OMITTED TO PROTECT THEIR IDENTITIES.$

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$Doctor Seivy Kabala, 32 years old ( on left ) visits a patient suffering from gynecological problems at an improvised medical center organized by staffers of the Panzi hospital, in the village of katana, in the Eastern DRC province of South Kivu on Tuesday May the 6th 2008.///.Most of the screened women suffer from physical problems caused by sexual violence...In Eastern DRC rape can be used as a weapon to undermine the whole social structure. Sexual violence is often used to weaken any opposition in the population. .Many women have been so sadistically attacked from the inside out, butchered by bayonets and assaulted with chunks of wood, that their reproductive and digestive systems are beyond repair. .According to the United Nations, 27,000 sexual assaults were reported in 2006 in South Kivu Province alone, and that may be just a fraction of the total number across the country. ?The sexual violence in Congo is the worst in the world,? said John Holmes, the United Nations under secretary general for humanitarian affairs..The attacks go on despite the presence of the largest United Nations peacekeeping force in the world, with more than 17,000 troops. ..NAMES AND AGE OF THE SUBJECTS HAVE BEEN OMITTED TO PROTECT THEIR IDENTITIES.$

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$A patient suffering from gynecological problems is visited at an improvised medical center organized by staffers of the Panzi hospital, in the village of katana, in the Eastern DRC province of South Kivu on Tuesday May the 6th 2008.///.Most of the screened women suffer from physical problems caused by sexual violence...In Eastern DRC rape can be used as a weapon to undermine the whole social structure. Sexual violence is often used to weaken any opposition in the population. .Many women have been so sadistically attacked from the inside out, butchered by bayonets and assaulted with chunks of wood, that their reproductive and digestive systems are beyond repair. .According to the United Nations, 27,000 sexual assaults were reported in 2006 in South Kivu Province alone, and that may be just a fraction of the total number across the country. ?The sexual violence in Congo is the worst in the world,? said John Holmes, the United Nations under secretary general for humanitarian affairs..The attacks go on despite the presence of the largest United Nations peacekeeping force in the world, with more than 17,000 troops. ..NAMES AND AGE OF THE SUBJECTS HAVE BEEN OMITTED TO PROTECT THEIR IDENTITIES.$

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$A patient suffering from gynecological problems is visited at an improvised medical center organized by staffers of the Panzi hospital, in the village of katana, in the Eastern DRC province of South Kivu on Tuesday May the 6th 2008.///.Most of the screened women suffer from physical problems caused by sexual violence...In Eastern DRC rape can be used as a weapon to undermine the whole social structure. Sexual violence is often used to weaken any opposition in the population. .Many women have been so sadistically attacked from the inside out, butchered by bayonets and assaulted with chunks of wood, that their reproductive and digestive systems are beyond repair. .According to the United Nations, 27,000 sexual assaults were reported in 2006 in South Kivu Province alone, and that may be just a fraction of the total number across the country. ?The sexual violence in Congo is the worst in the world,? said John Holmes, the United Nations under secretary general for humanitarian affairs..The attacks go on despite the presence of the largest United Nations peacekeeping force in the world, with more than 17,000 troops. ..NAMES AND AGE OF THE SUBJECTS HAVE BEEN OMITTED TO PROTECT THEIR IDENTITIES.$

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$A Doctor from the Panzi Hospital of Bukavu visits a patient suffering from gynecological problems at an improvised medical center organized by staffers of the Panzi hospital, in the village of katana, in the Eastern DRC province of South Kivu on Tuesday May the 6th 2008.///.Most of the screened women suffer from physical problems caused by sexual violence...In Eastern DRC rape can be used as a weapon to undermine the whole social structure. Sexual violence is often used to weaken any opposition in the population. .Many women have been so sadistically attacked from the inside out, butchered by bayonets and assaulted with chunks of wood, that their reproductive and digestive systems are beyond repair. .According to the United Nations, 27,000 sexual assaults were reported in 2006 in South Kivu Province alone, and that may be just a fraction of the total number across the country. ?The sexual violence in Congo is the worst in the world,? said John Holmes, the United Nations under secretary general for humanitarian affairs..The attacks go on despite the presence of the largest United Nations peacekeeping force in the world, with more than 17,000 troops. ..NAMES AND AGE OF THE SUBJECTS HAVE BEEN OMITTED TO PROTECT THEIR IDENTITIES.$

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$Doctor Seivy Kabala, 32 years old ( on left ) visits a patient suffering from gynecological problems at an improvised medical center organized by staffers of the Panzi hospital, in the village of katana, in the Eastern DRC province of South Kivu on Tuesday May the 6th 2008.///.Most of the screened women suffer from physical problems caused by sexual violence...In Eastern DRC rape can be used as a weapon to undermine the whole social structure. Sexual violence is often used to weaken any opposition in the population. .Many women have been so sadistically attacked from the inside out, butchered by bayonets and assaulted with chunks of wood, that their reproductive and digestive systems are beyond repair. .According to the United Nations, 27,000 sexual assaults were reported in 2006 in South Kivu Province alone, and that may be just a fraction of the total number across the country. ?The sexual violence in Congo is the worst in the world,? said John Holmes, the United Nations under secretary general for humanitarian affairs..The attacks go on despite the presence of the largest United Nations peacekeeping force in the world, with more than 17,000 troops. ..NAMES AND AGE OF THE SUBJECTS HAVE BEEN OMITTED TO PROTECT THEIR IDENTITIES.$

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$Women suffering from gynecological problems mostly caused by sexual violence, wait to receive medications to cure sexually transmitted infections prescribed by a doctor who just finished screening them at an improvised medical center organized by staffers of the Panzi hospital, in the village of katana, in the Eastern DRC province of South Kivu on Tuesday May the 6th 2008.///.Most of the screened women suffer from physical problems caused by sexual violence...In Eastern DRC rape can be used as a weapon to undermine the whole social structure. Sexual violence is often used to weaken any opposition in the population. .Many women have been so sadistically attacked from the inside out, butchered by bayonets and assaulted with chunks of wood, that their reproductive and digestive systems are beyond repair. .According to the United Nations, 27,000 sexual assaults were reported in 2006 in South Kivu Province alone, and that may be just a fraction of the total number across the country. ?The sexual violence in Congo is the worst in the world,? said John Holmes, the United Nations under secretary general for humanitarian affairs..The attacks go on despite the presence of the largest United Nations peacekeeping force in the world, with more than 17,000 troops. ..NAMES AND AGE OF THE SUBJECTS HAVE BEEN OMITTED TO PROTECT THEIR IDENTITIES.$

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$The son of a victim of sexual violence in a special ward of the Panzi hospital in Bukavu, in the Eastern DRC province of South Kivu on Wednesday May the 7th 2008.///.All women in this ward have been sexually assaulted...In Eastern DRC rape can be used as a weapon to undermine the whole social structure. Sexual violence is often used to weaken any opposition in the population. .Many women have been so sadistically attacked from the inside out, butchered by bayonets and assaulted with chunks of wood, that their reproductive and digestive systems are beyond repair. .According to the United Nations, 27,000 sexual assaults were reported in 2006 in South Kivu Province alone, and that may be just a fraction of the total number across the country. ?The sexual violence in Congo is the worst in the world,? said John Holmes, the United Nations under secretary general for humanitarian affairs..The attacks go on despite the presence of the largest United Nations peacekeeping force in the world, with more than 17,000 troops. ..NAMES AND AGE OF THE SUBJECTS HAVE BEEN OMITTED TO PROTECT THEIR IDENTITIES.$

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$A rapped woman's children help her to start a fire at home after weeks in the Panzi hospital in the attempt to cure conic conditions resulted from having been the victim of sexual violence just outside of the village of Katana in the Eastern DRC province of South Kivu on Wednesday May the 7th 2008.///..In Eastern DRC rape can be used as a weapon to undermine the whole social structure. Sexual violence is often used to weaken any opposition in the population. .Many women have been so sadistically attacked from the inside out, butchered by bayonets and assaulted with chunks of wood, that their reproductive and digestive systems are beyond repair. .According to the United Nations, 27,000 sexual assaults were reported in 2006 in South Kivu Province alone, and that may be just a fraction of the total number across the country. ?The sexual violence in Congo is the worst in the world,? said John Holmes, the United Nations under secretary general for humanitarian affairs..The attacks go on despite the presence of the largest United Nations peacekeeping force in the world, with more than 17,000 troops. ..NAMES AND AGE OF THE SUBJECTS HAVE BEEN OMITTED TO PROTECT THEIR IDENTITIES.$

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$a fish merchant checks on his small stand at dawn on the shores of the Kivu Lake in Bukavu, in the Eastern DRC province of South Kivu on Thursday May the 8th 2008.///..In Eastern DRC rape can be used as a weapon to undermine the whole social structure. Sexual violence is often used to weaken any opposition in the population. .Many women have been so sadistically attacked from the inside out, butchered by bayonets and assaulted with chunks of wood, that their reproductive and digestive systems are beyond repair. .According to the United Nations, 27,000 sexual assaults were reported in 2006 in South Kivu Province alone, and that may be just a fraction of the total number across the country. ?The sexual violence in Congo is the worst in the world,? said John Holmes, the United Nations under secretary general for humanitarian affairs..The attacks go on despite the presence of the largest United Nations peacekeeping force in the world, with more than 17,000 troops. ..NAMES AND AGE OF THE SUBJECTS HAVE BEEN OMITTED TO PROTECT THEIR IDENTITIES.$

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$Patients who suffer from gynecological problems caused by sexual violence assist their malnourished children while being fed in a ward of the Panzi hospital in Bukavu, in the Eastern DRC province of South Kivu on Thursday May the 8th 2008.///..In Eastern DRC rape can be used as a weapon to undermine the whole social structure. Sexual violence is often used to weaken any opposition in the population. .Many women have been so sadistically attacked from the inside out, butchered by bayonets and assaulted with chunks of wood, that their reproductive and digestive systems are beyond repair. .According to the United Nations, 27,000 sexual assaults were reported in 2006 in South Kivu Province alone, and that may be just a fraction of the total number across the country. ?The sexual violence in Congo is the worst in the world,? said John Holmes, the United Nations under secretary general for humanitarian affairs..The attacks go on despite the presence of the largest United Nations peacekeeping force in the world, with more than 17,000 troops. ..NAMES AND AGE OF THE SUBJECTS HAVE BEEN OMITTED TO PROTECT THEIR IDENTITIES.$

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$Doctor Denis Mukwege medical director and founder of the Panzi hospital, visits patents victims of sexual violence in a ward of the Panzi hospital in Bukavu, in the Eastern DRC province of South Kivu on Thursday May the 8th 2008.///..In Eastern DRC rape can be used as a weapon to undermine the whole social structure. Sexual violence is often used to weaken any opposition in the population. .Many women have been so sadistically attacked from the inside out, butchered by bayonets and assaulted with chunks of wood, that their reproductive and digestive systems are beyond repair. .According to the United Nations, 27,000 sexual assaults were reported in 2006 in South Kivu Province alone, and that may be just a fraction of the total number across the country. ?The sexual violence in Congo is the worst in the world,? said John Holmes, the United Nations under secretary general for humanitarian affairs..The attacks go on despite the presence of the largest United Nations peacekeeping force in the world, with more than 17,000 troops. ..NAMES AND AGE OF THE SUBJECTS HAVE BEEN OMITTED TO PROTECT THEIR IDENTITIES.$

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$Doctor Denis Mukwege medical director and founder of the Panzi hospital, visits patents victims of sexual violence in a ward of the Panzi hospital in Bukavu, in the Eastern DRC province of South Kivu on Thursday May the 8th 2008.///..In Eastern DRC rape can be used as a weapon to undermine the whole social structure. Sexual violence is often used to weaken any opposition in the population. .Many women have been so sadistically attacked from the inside out, butchered by bayonets and assaulted with chunks of wood, that their reproductive and digestive systems are beyond repair. .According to the United Nations, 27,000 sexual assaults were reported in 2006 in South Kivu Province alone, and that may be just a fraction of the total number across the country. ?The sexual violence in Congo is the worst in the world,? said John Holmes, the United Nations under secretary general for humanitarian affairs..The attacks go on despite the presence of the largest United Nations peacekeeping force in the world, with more than 17,000 troops. ..NAMES AND AGE OF THE SUBJECTS HAVE BEEN OMITTED TO PROTECT THEIR IDENTITIES.$

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$Doctor Denis Mukwege medical director and founder of the Panzi hospital, visits patents victims of sexual violence in a ward of the Panzi hospital in Bukavu, in the Eastern DRC province of South Kivu on Thursday May the 8th 2008.///..In Eastern DRC rape can be used as a weapon to undermine the whole social structure. Sexual violence is often used to weaken any opposition in the population. .Many women have been so sadistically attacked from the inside out, butchered by bayonets and assaulted with chunks of wood, that their reproductive and digestive systems are beyond repair. .According to the United Nations, 27,000 sexual assaults were reported in 2006 in South Kivu Province alone, and that may be just a fraction of the total number across the country. ?The sexual violence in Congo is the worst in the world,? said John Holmes, the United Nations under secretary general for humanitarian affairs..The attacks go on despite the presence of the largest United Nations peacekeeping force in the world, with more than 17,000 troops. ..NAMES AND AGE OF THE SUBJECTS HAVE BEEN OMITTED TO PROTECT THEIR IDENTITIES.$

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$Doctor Denis Mukwege medical director and founder of the Panzi hospital, visits a suffering patient, victim of sexual violence in a ward of the Panzi hospital in Bukavu, in the Eastern DRC province of South Kivu on Thursday May the 8th 2008.///..In Eastern DRC rape can be used as a weapon to undermine the whole social structure. Sexual violence is often used to weaken any opposition in the population. .Many women have been so sadistically attacked from the inside out, butchered by bayonets and assaulted with chunks of wood, that their reproductive and digestive systems are beyond repair. .According to the United Nations, 27,000 sexual assaults were reported in 2006 in South Kivu Province alone, and that may be just a fraction of the total number across the country. ?The sexual violence in Congo is the worst in the world,? said John Holmes, the United Nations under secretary general for humanitarian affairs..The attacks go on despite the presence of the largest United Nations peacekeeping force in the world, with more than 17,000 troops. ..NAMES AND AGE OF THE SUBJECTS HAVE BEEN OMITTED TO PROTECT THEIR IDENTITIES.$

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$A woman burns dried grass in the infamous village of Kaniola, known for its regular massacres in the Eastern DRC province of South Kivu on Thursday May the 8th 2008.///.On thursday night fighting between the congolese army ( FARDC ) and militias left one man dead and 10 severally wounded...In Eastern DRC rape can be used as a weapon to undermine the whole social structure. Sexual violence is often used to weaken any opposition in the population. .Many women have been so sadistically attacked from the inside out, butchered by bayonets and assaulted with chunks of wood, that their reproductive and digestive systems are beyond repair. .According to the United Nations, 27,000 sexual assaults were reported in 2006 in South Kivu Province alone, and that may be just a fraction of the total number across the country. ?The sexual violence in Congo is the worst in the world,? said John Holmes, the United Nations under secretary general for humanitarian affairs..The attacks go on despite the presence of the largest United Nations peacekeeping force in the world, with more than 17,000 troops. ..NAMES AND AGE OF THE SUBJECTS HAVE BEEN OMITTED TO PROTECT THEIR IDENTITIES.$

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