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Kipay Investments' boss Eric Monga has chastised his partner Chinese construction giant PowerChina, with whom he is associated for construction of the 150 MW hydroelectric power station in Upper
“They tore my dress, they beat me,” said the 22-year-old student. Robbed in late December in a different neighbourhood, Marie and Emmanuel (not their real names) described how the attackers started to play with their seven-month-old daughter, threatening to hurl the baby to the ground. “When we followed them, they beat me up. They had their way with me,” Marie said. Her sister, who lives with the young couple, was also violently assaulted. – Crime wave – Crime is a chronic problem in Lubumbashi, hurting the middle classes or poor people in the outlying areas far more than wealthy ...
Covid-19 curfew fuels fear of rape in DRC Updated AFP Share this: For women in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo's second city, a curfew may help fight the coronavirus, but for many, it comes with a dread of burglary and rape. Photo from video Residents in DRC's economic capital have reported a string of housebreaking and sexual assaults, some by armed men in uniform, since the authorities imposed a nightly confinement on December 18. Seven women, including two sisters, told AFP last week that they had suffered a break-in and been raped during the 9pm-5am lockdown. "It was 11:05 pm w...