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In east DR Congo, minors face systematic risk of sexual violence

A patient tests her new prosthesis, going up and down therapeutic stairs as technicians observe, at the Shirika la Umoja centre in Goma, on November 19, 2025. [AFP]

Sabine was 15 years old when she was raped by a stranger on the outskirts of a displacement camp in eastern DR Congo, where UNICEF said sexual violence against children has reached "alarming levels".

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