19 April 2013 (18:47 UTC-07 Tango 18 April 2013)/08 Jumada t-Tania 1434/30 Farvardin 1391/10 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711

“We do know in the UN which are the two battalions. Interestingly, one of them was trained by the Americans, that’s what the American ambassador himself told me!”-Zainab Hawa Bangura, UN special representative on sexual violence

United Nations officials investigated mass rape cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo (not to be confused with Republic of Congo).  126 women were raped, and UN investigators confirmed it was carried out by two DRC government battalions, one of which was trained by U.S. forces in 2010.

Recently rebels succeeded in taking control of DRC.  Even though it’s been proven that crimes against humanity were indeed being carried out by government troops, the UN created the first ever military force (Intervention Brigade) to invade DRC and remove the rebels from control.