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| Congo soldiers raping pygmies for supernatural powers |
| 2009-05-10 |
| Government troops sodomised pygmies in March in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo , believing they would gain supernatural powers, a rights group said on Saturday. "Some soldiers from the 85th Brigade sodomised three male pygmies to gain supernatural powers and protection in Kisa village in Walikale territory (North Kivu province)," said the Human Rights League of the Great Lakes (LDGL). "The village chief was stripped and (sodomised) in the presence of his wife, his children and daughter in-law," said the LDGL, which groups dozens of rights groups in Rwanda, Burundi and the DRC. It said armed groups in the region also abused the pygmies. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 well, if schistosomiasis counts as a supernatural power.... |
| Posted by: Spens Barnsmell9666 2009-05-10 12:16 |
| #3 They've been used as slaves for centuries by tribal overlords. French colonials and Christian missionaries were the region's only hope but they are long gone. The DRC rabble which some call soldiers, must be attempting to qualify for UN assignments elsewhere in Africa. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-05-10 12:13 |
| #2 At least they left them alive. During the civil war they were hunted and eaten as game. I hope the chief get his revenge! |
| Posted by: Kofi Claitle6576 2009-05-10 12:06 |
| #1 Words fail. |
| Posted by: N guard 2009-05-10 09:53 |