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Somalia:
Amisom Statement On Allegations of Rape in Maslah
African Union Mission in Somalia, 14 August 2013
AMISOM is aware of the allegations leveled against its troops in reference to the alleged rape case in Maslah. Read more »
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Somalia:
UN Envoy Voices Concern Over Rape Allegations At AU Facility
UN News, 18 August 2013
The top United Nations envoy in Somalia today expressed grave concern over allegations of rape at a facility of the African Union Mission in the country (AMISOM), and welcomed the… Read more »
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Somalia:
UN Says Rape, Gender-Based Violence Rampant in Somalia
VOA, 16 August 2013
The United Nations says that rape and sexual abuse is widespread throughout Somalia, though cases remain seriously underreported. A new report notes during the first half of the… Read more »
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Somalia:
UN Humanitarian Wing Warns of Pervasive Sexual Violence in Somalia
UN News, 16 August 2013
Sexual and gender-based violence continues to be a pervasive issue in Somalia, the United Nations humanitarian wing said today, adding that many times it is perpetrated by armed… Read more »
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Somalia:
Amisom Troops Allegedly Commit Brutal Gang Rape in Mogadishu
Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa, 14 August 2013
On the 8th August 2013, a 20 year old Somali woman was kidnapped close to her village in Yaqshid district, Mogadishu and brutally raped by AMISOM forces. The woman in question was… Read more »
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Somalia:
'Women Carry Axes' for Safety At Mogadishu's Liido Beach
Garowe Online, 10 August 2013
As Mogadishu's Liido beach became a popular spot, where young men and women are predominant during the holidays, women began last Friday to carry axes to the beach for protection,… Read more »
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Uganda:
Don't Loot, Somali Soldiers Told
Observer, 11 August 2013
The Somali Ambassador to Uganda, Ahmed Sayid Sheikh Dahir, has advised newly trained Somali soldiers to be patriotic and persevere in the job even when their expectations are not… Read more »
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Somalia:
Mogadishu Residents Complain About Violent Activities by Federal Govt Soldiers
Garowe Online, 14 August 2013
Residents in Somalia's capital of Mogadishu have complained that the Somali Federal Government soldiers frequently target the ordinary citizens by forcibly carrying out, torture,… Read more »
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Somalia:
President Admits Rapes by Security Forces
Shabelle, 10 April 2013
After months of denial, Somalia's government has for the first time acknowledged that its security forces were involved in rape cases that drew an international outcry by human… Read more »
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Somalia:
Somali Officials Vow to Improve Human Rights Following Rape Report
Sabahi, 3 April 2013
Somalia's federal government pledged action after a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report alleged that state security force members were committing rapes and other abuses against women… Read more »
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Somalia:
Government Troops Open Gun Fire to Large Demonstrates
Shabelle, 14 August 2013
government soldiers shot at indiscriminately to a number of Hodan residents in Mogadishu while they were expressing their grievances to a group of armed men who demolished their… Read more »