{UAH} THE LEGACY OF RAPE IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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In all pieces that I have read in these forums, there is nothing that pisses off Africans and members in these forums as raping women, Ugandans especially women hate any one that bonks a woman without her consent. I have seen recriminations and I have seen curses posted whenever a woman is raped. And I stand on the other side of the isle to be eaten alive for I question the hypocrisy of these very same Ugandans and especially women that pretend to be anti-raping of women when we have nothing accepted in Great Lakes as raping women. We remained with no woman not raped in Luwero. In Northern Uganda even men were raped but everything mobile with a dress and a nicker was bonked. The very people that raped these Ugandans are the very same Ugandans many of whom are in these forums today. Many of you claiming to be Movementists and claiming to be Dr Kiiza Besigye’ s supporters were singing Moto Nawaka as you were dropping the pants of both men and women in Uganda to screw them with a glee and in day light. The reason why Northerners are committing suicide the most in Africa is because they were dehumanized in front of their own families. Fathers were raped in front of their very own children by Baganda and Banyankole men that are members in this forum today. That was the job done by the Samson Mandes by the Mugisha Muntus by the Dr Kiiza Besigye and the list goes on and on. As soon as Ugandans and Rwandese arrived into Democratic Republic of Congo they started with raping women. Every moving skirt in Eastern DRC above age 13 is raped. And for some unknown reason we as a people have failed to go after these rapes for when we went after cutting off lips in DRC it stopped. Today raping of women in DRC has become a legacy which directly involves UPDF soldiers for waves of Congolese pregnant and mothers arrive in Uganda on trucks for these soldiers left them pregnant. On record most of the fighters in UPDF are Baganda and Western men.  My question to you this morning, why do you carry that hypocrisy in UAH of being anti-rape when you drop pants of women wherever you go to war? Why do Uganda women scream of raping women in UAH but do not stand up to name the present and past members of UPDF that are members in UAH today? And do you know how you know that the world around you is screwed? Is when the UAH rapists stand up to go after OJ for he is s fraud. That is when you realize that the insanity fan has hit the God damn shit. And to you Uganda women that are quite about these rapes, remember there is a massive civil war walking into Uganda, you might as well drop your God damn pants today in anticipation, and all of you from age 13 upwards.

 

The report about stupid rapists follows.

 

EM
On the 49^th

Legacy of Rape

Shona Murray

11:50 Tuesday 12 November 2013

 

I visited The Democratic Republic of Congo where women are the real victims of conflict

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As the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide approaches, the devastation of this most heinous act of aggression continues in nearby DRC. Today, almost 20 years later, the Congolese government is struggling to contain a number of militia; of the most threatening in Eastern DRC are the remnants of Rwanda’s deadly genocide groups.

Following the Rwandan genocide in 1994, Hutu militia groups including the notorious Interahamwe paramilitary organisation that was hugely responsible for the genocide, flooded into East Congo.

What followed were two decades of violence where such deadly militiamen aligned themselves with the then Congolese dictator Joseph Mobutu. In the aftermath of Congo’s infamous war of independence in 1965, Mobutu seized control of the DRC after the country was released from Belgian colonists.

Warring Hutus allied themselves with Mobutu’s regime, facilitating and engaging in the pillaging of Congo’s enormous wealth; diamonds, gold, zinc and coltan (a vital element in the production of mobile phones). It’s estimated that 60 per cent of the world’s mobile phones are made from coltan produced in DRC.

Unfortunately, Congolese civilians have never been the beneficiaries of the region’s rich reserves. Instead, rapacious warlords, militia groups, and paramilitary organisations have staked claim to and stolen vast amounts of Congolese mineral reserves.

The devastating effects of Congo’s wars are not just economical; a far graver epidemic of sexual violence continues to grip the communities in East DRC.

Congolese women. Photo: Shona Murray

Congo has earned the unenviable title of being the ‘rape capital of the world’, where thousands of women are violated daily, perpetrated by groups such as the FDLR (Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda), as well as rogue members of the FARDC (the Military of the Democratic Republic of Congo). And others, including Tutsi dominated M23 rebels and Congo’s own bush militia the Mai Mai.

Civilians, particularly women, live in constant threat of attack and 2 million people have been displaced so far in East Congo in the last 20 years. Forced displacement of whole communities happens every few months as warring militia groups continue to spar with each other. In the last six months, 6,000 people were displaced in Mwenga territory in North Kivu alone.

Congolese woman. Photo: Shona Murray

International NGOs, as well as Congolese women’s organisations, estimate that 70 per cent of displaced women are affected by sexual assault and rape. Yet despite the prevalence of sexual violence, rape is a serious taboo in the DRC, where victims are often ostracised by the community and accused of bringing about their own fate through promiscuous behaviour.

Of course, nothing could be further from the truth. Yet as a result of a cultural-based ignorance, even more misery is heaped upon victims of rape. They often suffer from starvation, sickness and isolation following their elimination from the community.

In response, local NGOs focus on extinguishing such negative impressions of rape victims, working on the ground with communities as well as husbands and partners of the victims. Organisations train them in dealing with women as well as eradicating dangerous mistruths about those affected by grave sexual violence.

One such organisation in both South Kivu and North Kivu is SARCAF, or Accompaniment and Capacity Building Self-Promotion of Women in Congo. SARCAF’s exceptional work is funded partly by resources from Christian Aid as well as Irish Aid. Last month, I accompanied some of SACARF’s trauma and psychosocial counsellors to the Bush town of Nyamibungu, Kitutu—part of a wider community of 6,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). 200 women had come forward since June to August 2013 alone to say that they had been raped.

This is Betandwa, aged 33, from Bukavu city—raped in July by a Rwandan militant. As with many cases, it appears that her husband has abandoned her because she was raped:

A Congolese woman, Betandwa, speaks to Shona about her ordeal

 

Mother of four, Chance Munganga, aged 28, also spoke about her experience at the hands of militiamen. Just two days before I met her, she saw her rapist:

Mother of four, Chance Munganga

Fortunately, Chance’s husband was persuaded to stay with her by doctors. This is her husband, Shamamba Moses Munganga, aged 30:

The husband of Chance, Shamamba Moses Munganga

Dr. Denis Mukwege in his office in the Panzi Hospital. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Dr. Denis Mukwege—the hero of Congo’s rape victims

Denis Mukwege is the founder, director and gynaecology surgeon at the Panzi Hospital in the city of Bukavu, in South Kivu in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

The hospital has become known worldwide for the treatment of survivors of sexual violence and women with severe gynaecological problems mainly caused from extreme rape cases. Dr.Mukwege’s hospital has treated tens of thousands of women for rape and rape-related injuries and diseases such as fistula and HIV since 1999.

In recent years, the hospital is recording a sharp increase in the severity of violence perpetrated by DRC’s several militia groups, including the Rwandan FDLR army, the Mai Mai militia, M23 rebels as well as sexual gender based violence initiated by Congolese army the FARDC.

I caught up with him and I started by asking him about the cases he treats at his hospital:

(Warning: the following report contains elements that some listeners may find disturbing)

Dr. Denis Mukwege speaks to Shona Murray about his work with survivors of rape

Dr. Denis Mukwege was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009. In 2008 he won the UN Human Rights Prize and in 2011 was awarded the Clinton Global Citizen Award.

 

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