I am hopeful that Hillary's visit to Goma will bring an end to the rape epidemic. I hope Congo, at least, get the attention it deserved.
Hillary Clinton presses DR Congo on rape epidemic - Taiwan News Online.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yesterday offered U.S. help to punish perpetrators of soaring sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo as she paid a lightning visit to its war-weary east.
Leaving aside her government jet for a small U.N. plane, Clinton became the highest ranking U.S. official to tour the desolate lakeside town of Goma to highlight a rape epidemic afflicting tens of thousands of women.
Clinton offered personal comfort to two rape survivors, one of whom was violated when she was eight months pregnant with the fetus ripped out. Speaking later to reporters as she flew on to Nigeria, Clinton said she felt "overwhelmed" by what she saw.
"It is almost impossible to describe the level of suffering and despair," Clinton said of the region torn by conflict with Hutu militants.
Clinton met with President Joseph Kabila in a tent outside the governor's mansion in Goma for what she described as "a very frank discussion" on sexual violence - including calling on him to arrest key officers accused of rape.
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