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Apollonie, a Congolese counsellor, speaks with a recent rape victim in the HEAL Africa hospital in Goma February 5, 2009
Wednesday, Sep. 08, 2010

Open quoteWhile the primary responsibility for protection of civilians lies with the state ... clearly, we have also failed.Close quote

  • ATUL KHARE,
  • U.N. assistant secretary general for peacekeeping, on failing to prevent the mass rapes in eastern Congo; the U.N. reports that more than 500 systematic rapes have been committed since late July
Photo: Alissa Everett / Reuters | Source: BBC