Woman abducted twice by guerrillas in DR Congosuffered repeated rapes and beatings and was forced to cook and eat human flesh, he complained yesterday Wednesday (29/6) non-governmental organization defending human rights in security Council of United Nations.
Julien Lussenge, chairwoman of Solidarity for Integrated Peace and Development (SOFEPADI), told the story of the woman to the 15 ambassadors of the Security Council during a meeting on the conflict.
The SA held its regular briefing on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo yesterday, where Fighting between guerrillas and government troops has been raging since late May.
Ms Lusenge, an award-winning activist – formerly a radio journalist – explained that the woman was abducted initially by members of the organization which calls itself the Congolese Development Cooperation (CODECO) when it went to pay a ransom for a hostage member of its family.
The woman told Ms. Lusseng’s NGO that suffered repeated rapes, beatings and ill-treatment. In one case, it was reported, the guerrillas cut a man’s neck.
“They took out his entrails and gave me an order to cook them. They brought me two containers of water to prepare the rest of the meal. Then they forced all the prisoners to eat human flesh. “said the woman, according to the head of SOFEPADI.
The woman was released a few days later, but as she tried to return home, was abducted by another rebel organization, members of which were also repeatedly raped.
“And they forced me to cook and eat human flesh,” the woman told the NGO.
Finally, he managed to escape.
Ms Lusenge did not specify what the second organization was in her position on the Security Council.
A CODECO representative was not available for comment. This organization is one of the many fighting to seize land and reimgs in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, an area with rich subsoil.
The armed conflict in the vast country of Africa has claimed thousands of lives and uprooted millions over the past decade.
The army of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been involved since the end of March in fierce battles with guerrillas of the M23 organization (“March 23 Movement”). The government of Rwanda accuses Rwanda of supporting and equipping the organization. The guerrillas launched their largest-scale offensive since 2012-2013 in May.
Kigali denies the allegations from Kinshasa.
In the DRC Congo has been a developed UN peacekeeping force for over 20 years.
Source: News Beast
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