Congo-Kinshasa: UN Envoy Welcomes Start of Trial of Two Men Accused of Mass Rapes

The official spearheading United Nations efforts to combat the scourge of sexual violence committed during war has welcomed today's start of a trial in Germany of two Rwandans accused of ordering massacres and mass rape in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Ignace Murwanashyaka and Straton Musoni each face 39 charges of war crimes and 26 counts of crimes against humanity over their alleged actions in the eastern DRC in 2008-09.

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