Soldiers Forced Us to Deny Rapes - Displaced Nigerian Women

Internally Displaced Persons in Borno State have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to send an independent panel to investigate allegations of rape at the camps. Amnesty International released a report alleging that soldiers and members of the civilian joint task force demanded sex from the women in exchange for food.

Women and children collect water in Mafa IDP camp, Borno state, north-east Nigeria.

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