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Mobile court offers rare chance of justice for east Congo rape victims

Congolese magistrates attend the military court, where members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo suspected of rape stand trial, at a makeshift courtroom in the village of Mangombe, Kamanyola in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on 9th March, 2023.

Kamanyola, Democratic Republic of CongoReuters A large crowd gathered around the open sides of the makeshift courtroom in the eastern Congolese village of Kamanyola in early March to watch the culmination of a trial of 15 military officers for the rape of minors. They watched in silence, some craning to see better, as a soldier […]