It's Time For Another Current Events Post

I have been reading about the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo for a couple of years now, and besides wondering why more Americans don't know about what the fuck is going on in the Congo, I've always thought that it is quite possibly one of the most appalling human rights concerns in the world right now.
Guerilla warriors in this central African country have developed their own weapons of mass destruction; rape.

Every one of dozens of armed groups in this war has used rape as a weapon. Amnesty International (AI) researchers believe there has been more rape here than in any other conflict, but the actual scale is still unknown.

You can read more about this over at the Ms. website.
You can flip out about it by donating to these fine folks:
Amnesty International
Human Rights Watch