Current Events DRC

Judging from the recent articles concerning the DRC, it seems like the rape and genocide are still common amongst the people. A couple months ago, USA Today reported that 200 women were gang-raped near a Congo base. From reading the article, one can assume that this is probably something that, unfortunately, happens often. And it also seems like a lot of these atrocities are caused mostly by military rebels much like King Leopold's Congo. An article from lonelyplanet.com described that the "nation’s history reads like something out of Dante’s Inferno." The article also mentioned King Leopold II as being the beginning of this terrible trend in Africa's history.They described King Leopold's reign as a "brazen political folly." However, an article from guardian.co.uk just reported that the UN just announced that the Rwandan killings have been classified as genocide after a long battle with Kigali who wanted to clear these allegations.The war between the Tutsies and Hutus have been one of the major causes of the genocide in the past 14 years. So, aside from the mass genocide and rape that has been going on in the Congo it seems like the DRC has been making some sort of improvement. Furthermore, Women of the Congo, has became a very involved organization raising awareness of sexual violence to women in the Congo. Many celebrities such as, Sarah Wynter and Whoopi Goldberg, have attended their functions and have donated a lot of money to the organization.