This sort of terrorism using rape isn't just an isolated African problem. It was also a method of terrorism popular in the Balkans wars, in Asia. It is, sad to say, a common form of political terrorism.

As to the US media reporting these things--it is so rare as to be non-existent. Just look at the situation in Congo, and the millions of dead in African conflicts, under African dictators in the past decade alone in the Congo, Sierra Leone, Niger, etc. Makes Saddam Hussein look like a Sunday school teacher.