Eastern Congo Is The "Rape Capital Of The World"

Photo: Filmmaker Fiona Lloyd-Davies.

Why Eastern DR Congo Is 'Rape Capital Of The World' -- Fiona Lloyd-Davies, Special to CNN

(CNN) -- From the first time you step into Eastern Congo, you find yourself surrounded by the exotic and extraordinary, be it flora and fauna or the just plain incongruous -- the severed wing of a Russian aircraft stored on the side of the road, or a boy with a gun.

The place is pulsating with the heat and energy of a population of people fighting to survive just one more day. But the violence here is as intense as this intoxicating, heady mix of Africa at its best and worst.

Eastern Congo has been called the "rape capital of the world" by U.N. Special Representative Margot Wallstrom. Reports record that 48 women are raped every hour. I have been working in the region for 10 years and have seen a tragic development in this unpunished crime against the heart of society.

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My Comment: A very disturbing read .... it makes one realize how evil some places are in this world. Kudos to people like Fiona Lloyd-Davies .... only God knows where she gets her drive to do the reporting that she does.