Still On Sexual Violence

"It's become a weapon of war in eastern Congo, used by soldiers and rebels, sometimes ... the Congolese army soldiers ... are going out on a looting and raping rampage and it's almost random those that they target. In other cases, we've seen rebels or soldiers use rape specifically to target members of a particular ethnic group ... "
- Ida Sawyer, Human Rights Watch

"By all accounts we know that this kind of actions, this kind of rape epidemic, this kind of sexual violence is destroying a whole society. And you ... you don't see the kind of massive commitment this situation deserves. And there are not only women who are destroyed ... but also the children, the child soldiers involved who become rapists, they are deeply damaged and the impact is on the whole society."
- Marie-Roger Biloa, editor of Africa International