At the same time, officials say international pressure to stop the rapes in Congo has had an unintended effect. The law, they say, establishes no difference between sexual violence and sex under the age of eighteen.
Yet when younger girls get married, that means their young husbands are technically guilty of rape. This prisoner named Kakule says he is guilty only of marrying young and not being able to pay a dowry.
KAKULE: "I went to my girlfriend’s family to propose marriage, but I had nothing to give for a dowry. When her family realized we were still together, they accused me of rape."
Aids workers and victims say the only real way to stop the rapes is to end the many years of conflict that Congo has suffered.
And that's IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember
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