Jan. 13, 2008 and now the update version which is on Aug. 14, 2008.
The war taking place in Democratic Republic of Congo, more people died in that war than people in Iraq, Afghanistan and Darfur put together.
CNN’s Anderson Cooper made report about the war in last Jan. They say that the war that’s going on in Congo is the most deadliest was since World War 2. In the last ten years five million people have died and the number keeps rising.
Cooper and the 60 minutes team went down to Congo and spend a few months ago. They most frequent targets were the war that was against the women. The men in Congo used weapons to destroy the women families and also rapped the women.
“Dr. Mukwege is the director of Panzi Hospital in eastern Congo. In this war against women, his hospital is the frontline. One of the latest victims he’s treating is Sifa M'Kitambala. She was raped just two days before the team arrived by soldiers who raided her village.” http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/11/60minutes/main3701249.shtml
In the last ten years hundreds and thousands of women have been raped and most of the rapping was token place by people in gangs.
"All these women have been raped? Cooper asked Dr. Mukwege, standing near a very large group of women waiting.” http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/11/60minutes/main3701249.s
html
All the women who have gotten rape were seen by Dr. Mukwege.
Dr. Mukwege says, "You know, they're in deep pain. But it's not just physical pain. It's psychological pain that you can see. Here at the hospital, we've seen women who've stopped living.” http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/11/60minutes/main3701249.shtml
Cooper and the team headed to the village in the mountains in eastern Congo called Walungu. Many years armed groups fighting in this region. Thousands of men emerge from the forest and would steal the women and bring them back to the mountains and beat them and rape them and keep them there to be there slaves.
The war taking place in Democratic Republic of Congo, more people died in that war than people in Iraq, Afghanistan and Darfur put together.
CNN’s Anderson Cooper made report about the war in last Jan. They say that the war that’s going on in Congo is the most deadliest was since World War 2. In the last ten years five million people have died and the number keeps rising.
Cooper and the 60 minutes team went down to Congo and spend a few months ago. They most frequent targets were the war that was against the women. The men in Congo used weapons to destroy the women families and also rapped the women.
“Dr. Mukwege is the director of Panzi Hospital in eastern Congo. In this war against women, his hospital is the frontline. One of the latest victims he’s treating is Sifa M'Kitambala. She was raped just two days before the team arrived by soldiers who raided her village.” http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/11/60minutes/main3701249.shtml
In the last ten years hundreds and thousands of women have been raped and most of the rapping was token place by people in gangs.
"All these women have been raped? Cooper asked Dr. Mukwege, standing near a very large group of women waiting.” http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/11/60minutes/main3701249.shtml
All the women who have gotten rape were seen by Dr. Mukwege.
Dr. Mukwege says, "You know, they're in deep pain. But it's not just physical pain. It's psychological pain that you can see. Here at the hospital, we've seen women who've stopped living.” http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/11/60minutes/main3701249.shtml
Cooper and the team headed to the village in the mountains in eastern Congo called Walungu. Many years armed groups fighting in this region. Thousands of men emerge from the forest and would steal the women and bring them back to the mountains and beat them and rape them and keep them there to be there slaves.
Sharonda,
ReplyDeleteYour research here brings a really important lens through which we can see the awful treatment of women in the Congo as victims of war.
You could really strengthen your argument by adding a bit more historical context, and especially, providing some information to enlighten the reader about Belgium's colonization of the Congo.
Also, given your high level of interst, I would recommend that you read The Poisonwood Bible, a novel that is set in the Congo and makes the history really come alive in the moment as the story unfolds.
The Poisonwood Bible is by Barbara Kingsolver.
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