The United Nations Office for the Coordiation of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) in the Democratic Republic of Congo is investigating reports that close to 700 women were raped along the DRC-Angola border since September. The rapes occurred as some 7,000 illegal immigrants were expelled from Angola to the DRC.
"I call upon the authorities of both countries to investigate these allegations," Margot Wallstroem, the UN secretary-general's special representative for sexual violence in conflict.
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