11 Month Old Baby Dies from Being Raped
This is sick, sick, sick. World AIDS day is on December 1st, and if the story does anything, it should spur you to action. Do something! Pray, join 5 for 50, buy Saint's coffee - Coffee that fights poverty. If this doesn't wake us up, what will?
An 11-month-old baby girl has died in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo a day after she was raped, the UN says.
The alleged rapist, a man aged 20, has been detained by Congolese police about 140km west of Goma. He faces a life sentence.
The BBC's Arnaud Zajtman heard the harrowing story of one young victim.
A six-year-old girl named Mushika told our correspondent she was looking after goats in her village when a soldier grabbed her and abused her.
"He laid me on the ground and lifted my skirt... I was
trying to shout but he put his hand on my mouth. After he had finished,
he ran away. When I tried to walk, I was dizzy." Read the entire article here.