Africa: Shamed Into Silence - the Forgotten Children Born of Rape in War

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Every year, thousands of women are subject to the unimaginable agony of sexual violence in conflict. As victims and survivors, they are rightly protected under international human rights law. But what happens to their children, born of violent, brutal rape?

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