On July 29, 2013 a video that depicted a group of supposedly Congo Brazzaville presidential guards stripping naked a group of refugee women from the Democratic Republic of the Congo went viral on social media networks. Despite the gravity of the deed, there was no appropriate response from the country’s authorities.
The only audible but fledgling voice that was raised to condemn this heinous act was that of the president’s wife. This situation, emblematic of a culture of brutality developed by uniformed men in many African countries in the last few decades, requires attention and action. Read full article on News24
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