South Sudan Troops Accused of Mass Rape

The alleged rapes occurred less than two weeks after President Salva Kiir issued a warning that soldiers who commit acts of rape and sexual assault will be shot.

  • South Sudan:   Troops Accused of Mass Rape

    VOA, 17 February 2017

    Officials in South Sudan say army troops entered a village near the capital, Juba, on Sunday and raped at least a half-dozen women and girls, some of them at gunpoint. Read more »

Displaced women (file photo).

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