"If women go to the fields, they're raped..."

"War in Congo staggers on, as does very painful death."

NICHOLAS KRISTOF, NY Times. San Antonio EXPRESS - NEWS, Wednesday, June 27, 2007.

"JOMBA, Congo -- If you think you face tough choices, imagine that you were living here in eastern Congo.

If women to the fields, they're raped, said Shabain Katuija, a local man.

If they don't go to the fields, they starve.

"So why don't men go to the fields instead?

"Oliver Sbasoro, a villager here, explained:

They rape the women, but it's worse for the men, because they kill them or kidnap them to make them slaves.

"On this win a trip journey through Central Africa with a teacher and a student, we're visiting the forgotton war inside Congo.

"The death toll has already reached 4 million, making this the most lethal conflict since World War II."

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