In the Democratic Republic of Congo town of Kamako, seven kilometres (four miles) from the Angolan border, 10 women sit on sofas arranged in a circle by a local non-governmental organisation which helps distressed migrants.
Therese Tshanga is one of them. This 38-year-old Congolese woman is among hundreds of thousands of migrants expelled from Angola since 2003.
She cradles a toddler in her arms and has a fresh scar on her forehead.
Ms Tshanga says she was looking for a job in Angola when men in uniform arrested her on 28 September and took her into the bush.
"Three soldiers came to rape me. The first two had their way, then I resisted against the third one and he gave me this wound to the face with his teeth," she says, pointing to the scar. Full story...
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Therese Tshanga is one of them. This 38-year-old Congolese woman is among hundreds of thousands of migrants expelled from Angola since 2003.
She cradles a toddler in her arms and has a fresh scar on her forehead.
Ms Tshanga says she was looking for a job in Angola when men in uniform arrested her on 28 September and took her into the bush.
"Three soldiers came to rape me. The first two had their way, then I resisted against the third one and he gave me this wound to the face with his teeth," she says, pointing to the scar. Full story...
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