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When most people think of war and its casualties, many think of men on the battlefield. But, unfortunately, women and girls are often victims caught in the midst of these deadly conflicts on the continent, who are often sexually assaulted and raped as a weapon of war. On this week’s Our Voices, we take a closer look at gender-based violence amid warring factions in DR Congo’s eastern province of North Kivu and Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict and examine possible reparations and humanitarian aid.