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UN ‘gravely concerned’ by reports of mass rape in DRC

Hundreds of sexual assaults reported in south-eastern Tanganyika province as armed groups fight over goldmines

The UN has raised the alarm over widespread, systematic sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), saying there have been reports of armed groups carrying out mass rape.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN refugee agency, said its staff had heard horrific testimonies from forcibly displaced people in south-eastern Tanganyika province.

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