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The reported gang-rape of at least 179 women and girls in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) must serve as an urgent call to stop the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war. Egregious violations of human rights, including rape and sexual violence, have become endemic in the DRC…

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