30 Congolese women on the border of Angola and Congo were held in a prison and systematically raped by uniformed men, according to U.N. officials

The Congolese women were part of a group of 150 people who had recently been expelled from Angola. The United Nations said the women reported they were held for nearly two weeks in early October 2010 and raped. The U.N. said three people in the group were killed, including two men and a woman, who died after being repeatedly raped. Those who survived were then released and returned to the Congo in the nude with no belongings, according to the United Nations. In another region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Western Kasai, at least 20 Congolese women also reported being raped, the United Nations said. These reported rapes come after nearly 500 people were systematically raped during rebel attacks in the summer of 2010 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.