Rape in the Congo Photo Gallery
![A young mother and her baby during the congolese war.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4c815fbc-e297-44ca-bfdc-18e46f2ac55f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A young mother and her baby during the congolese war.
![**ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 15** Zamuda Sikujuwa, 53, seen at her temporary home in Goma, Congo, on Friday, Feb. 20, 2009, was raped in 2003 by soldiers who killed her husband and two children. Rape has been used as a brutal weapon of war in Congo, where](https://gdb.voanews.com/5b137513-39fe-42ac-b166-4dd69529ea31_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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**ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 15** Zamuda Sikujuwa, 53, seen at her temporary home in Goma, Congo, on Friday, Feb. 20, 2009, was raped in 2003 by soldiers who killed her husband and two children. Rape has been used as a brutal weapon of war in Congo, where
![Children stand at there house outside the small village of Walikale, Congo, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. Hundreds of woman and children have been victims of rape and murder in Congo, by rebel troops. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)](https://gdb.voanews.com/8cd4263f-4c27-4758-9968-7be66719da74_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Children stand at there house outside the small village of Walikale, Congo, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. Hundreds of woman and children have been victims of rape and murder in Congo, by rebel troops. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)
![An unidentified Rwandan rebel carries a machine gun some 20 kilometers from the town of Masisi, Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, Nov. 4, 2005. The Rwandans shopping in a Congolese market say they want to live peacefully alongside Congolese villager](https://gdb.voanews.com/4090811b-7977-4c3a-9623-5570bf6ac413_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An unidentified Rwandan rebel carries a machine gun some 20 kilometers from the town of Masisi, Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, Nov. 4, 2005. The Rwandans shopping in a Congolese market say they want to live peacefully alongside Congolese villager