Young as 6 raped by troops in Congo who fled M23

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DRC became independent in 1960. Up to that point it was ruled by one of the most brutal colonial regimes in Africa, and perhaps the world. Mobutu wasn't any better, and his regime ended in 1997. Under both of these regimes there were enormous human rights' violations. There has effectively been civil wars since 1997. I don't think it's hard to see that the current state of things in DRC are so violent because, in part, of it's very violent, repressive, not-so-distant past. How can a group of people who have known nothing but violence and repression from their governments, suddenly be peaceful?? That takes at least a few generations to work out, and a lot of willingness on all sides to stop the violence. It's just not there yet.