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Tue Sep 9, 2014, 09:29 AM Sep 2014

Rights group: African Union soldiers raped, exploited Somali women, girls

CNN
Rights group: African Union soldiers raped, exploited Somali women, girls
By Jethro Mullen and Nana Karikari-apau, CNN
updated 9:00 AM EDT, Tue September 9, 2014

(CNN) -- African Union soldiers stationed in Somalia have raped and sexually exploited women and girls on their military bases, Human Rights Watch says in a new report.

The report released Monday accuses soldiers of working through Somali go-betweens to use a variety of ploys, such as humanitarian aid, to force women and girls to have sex as well as to sexually assault women who came to the bases seeking medical help or water...

...The rights group [Human Rights Watch] said it interviewed 21 women and girls who recounted being raped or sexually exploited by Ugandan or Burundian troops serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia since 2013.

Among the cases described in the report is a 15-year-old girl who was allegedly raped by a Burundian soldier after she went to a military base to try to get medicine for her sick mother....

MORE at http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/09/world/africa/african-union-soldier-allegations/

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