[AfricaRealities.com] Congolese troops must be disarmed if rapes are to stop, says Denis Mukwege

 

Leading Congolese gynaecologist calls for soldiers to lay down their weapons so that recruits with no history of sexual violence can replace them

The Congolese army is mired in a culture of sexual violence and should be disarmed because many of its troops are "completely sick", according to one of the country's leading gynaecologists.

Dr Denis Mukwege said soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) should be stripped of their weapons and replaced by new recruits who have never committed sexual violence or fought for a violent militia.

Rapists in the the Forces Armées de la République Démocratique (FARDC), he added, ought also to be considered "victims" because they were traumatised by involvement in one of Africa's most brutal and longest-running wars and needed psychological help that was not available.

Alluding to the town in eastern Congo where Congolese soldiers committed mass rape in 2012, Mukwege said: "In Minova and other places it is the FARDC who are the ones who were raping instead of protecting the population. The FARDC has shown that the army can destroy its population, it's a big problem.

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http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/jun/17/drc-troops-disarmed-rape-dr-denis-mukwege

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