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Thu 09 Sep 2010UN failing to stop rapes in Congo, says official
NEW YORK – More than 500 rapes were reported in the eastern part of Congo in July and August, and United Nations peacekeepers “failed” to prevent some of the attacks, a top official of the organisation has said.
Peacekeepers could have done more to stop a series of attacks between July 30th and August 2nd, when at least 242 women were raped by rebels in North Kivu province’s Walikale territory, Atul Khare, the UN’s deputy head of peacekeeping, told the Security Council yesterday.
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