While the war formally ended six years ago , fighting persists in eastern Congo , and women are paying a high price . Human Rights Watch : Missing women , girls raped in Eastern Congo since 2000 . Condition of women more dire as the government fights armed groups in the country . More than 1 million die in Congo from disease , hunger resulting from fighting . Congo has taken some measures to try to curb the sexual violence .
Human Rights Watch : Missing women , girls raped in Eastern Congo since 2000 . Condition of women more dire as the government fights armed groups in the country . More than 1 million die in Congo from disease , hunger resulting from fighting . Congo has taken some measures to try to curb the sexual violence .