The Eastern Congo in Africa is the rape capital of the world: There are 48 rapes every hour, 1,252 rapes a day, over 400,000 rapes a year

To put this in perspective, 29 out of 1,000 Congolese women are raped every year. In the United States, 0.5 out of 1,000 American women are raped annually. Thus, a Congolese woman is 58 times more likely to be raped than an American woman. In North Kivu and South Kivu, which are the epicenter of the Congolese rape crisis, 67 out of 1,000 women have been raped at least once – 7% of the female population. Children and teenagers are the most popular targets.