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On 27 January, over 100 female prisoners were raped and then burnt to death during a mass jailbreak at Munzenze Prison in Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Their assailants had ...

Congo Conflict: With mass killings, prison breaks, mass displacement and mystery illnesses, violence has once again become a central issue in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

At least 153 women are believed to have died and as many as 132 were said to have been burned to death as some 4,000 male inmates broke out of the Munzenze prison in Goma during an assault on the ...

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Rwandan-backed M23 rebels were closing in on Goma, after a rapid advance through the region. Most of the prison guards and the city authorities had already fled.

DRC Conflict: What happened during Goma’s prison break? It’s believed more than 150 women prisoners were killed in the fire which broke out. An unknown number of children also died. Show more ...

Goma was falling. The women did not seem to matter - in or out of prison. In a tent in the grounds of Goma's hospital, we meet another survivor, Sifa, 25, who was pulled from the flames by a friend.

As rebels entered the city, Goma’s Munzenze prison became a centre of the violence. It was set on fire, prisoners were burnt alive – and thousands escaped.

Amid the fighting in Congo, hundreds of female inmates were raped and burnt alive during a jailbreak in Goma. As per the United Nations, hundreds of prisoners broke out of the Munzenze prison ...

More than 100 female inmates of an African prison were raped and burned alive during a jailbreak, the United Nations said. The incident occurred in the Congolese city of Goma after M23 rebels ...