Africa: What Difference Could a Mobile App Make in Ending Wartime Rape?

12 June 2014

London — Lost records, insufficient evidence, poor roads that cut off access to remote areas where crimes are taking place, long delays in the judicial process.

These are just some of the obstacles to prosecuting sexual violence in countries like Democratic Republic of Congo, where some of the worst cases of wartime rape have taken place.

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