The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is acting to stop a troubling trend in sexual attacks on women and girls travelling from villages to the town of Bentiu in the Unity region of the country. Approximately 125 women and girls have sought medical treatment after having been raped…
A prominent Western charity that began its work to educate Liberian girls under former president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf finds itself under intense media scrutiny again, following accusations of sexual abuse at its school. The More Than Me (MTM) organization, based in the United States but operating in Monrovia, is the subject…
Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed, currently serving as the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General to António Guterres, urged the international community to bring justice and remedy to the survivors of sexual violence in conflict zones including those in Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mohammed, speaking during a UN Security Council…
Senegal’s Minister of the Interior has denied reports that female Spanish tourists traveling in the southern Casamance region of the country were sexually assaulted by the gunmen who robbed their group. Aly Ngouille Ndiaye said Saturday that a medical examination of one of the alleged victims showed no signs of…
A widely circulated video of Burundi youth in the Imbonerakure militia chanting slogans about raping and killing their political opponents has met with condemnation from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said Tuesday that the video of the Imbonerakure, the youth wing of the ruling…
Today bail was granted for Nelson Mandela’s grandson who was charged for raping a 15-year-old girl last week. The young mans lawyer said he did not want to be tried as a “Mandela” rather as a “normal person”. Until he pleads, his name must be withheld from the media. The…