08/09/2014
African Union soldiers accused of raping women and girls on peacekeeping bases in Mogadishu
African Union soldiers raped and sexually exploited women and girls on their peacekeeping bases in the capital, Mogadishu, Human Rights Watch has claimed. Some African Union troops in Somalia sexually exploited or raped women and girls who are internal refugees, a new report by an international human rights group has alleged. Human Rights Watch said it interviewed 21 women and girls since 2013 who described being sexually abused or sexually exploited by Burundian or Ugandan military personnel in two bases in Mogadishu. Ten separate incidents of sexual abuse, including rape and sexual assault, and 14 cases of sexual exploitation were documented during the period, the rights group said. Four...
