The Democratic Republic of Congo is deemed to be the most dangerous place in the world for women, thanks to thousands of rape cases that occur each year. One of the convicted rapists is Eleka Amungu who raped a 15-year-old girl last year. Amungu claims that he loved the victim and wanted to make her his wife but he did not have the money to marry her. After forcing himself on her, the parents of the girl had him arrested after he told them that he couldn’t afford to marry their daughter. Amungu is now serving his sentence at a prison in Goma.

The prison houses about 300 convicted rapists. This number pales in comparison to the 8,000 rape cases that have occurred last year in the Kivu area alone. Experts are saying that the prevalence of rape in this area of Congo could stem from the historical fact that rape was actually used as a weapon by armed soldiers since the last decade. Today, men who look to soldiers for their role models end up committing the same crime as well. What’s even more disturbing is that the rape victims are getting younger and younger. A lot of the perpetrators are also ignorant of the law and are even unaware that rape is a crime.

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