UN: MASS RAPE IN MOGADISHU

[Adan_1]

UN: Rape is now "part of the game" in brutal Somalia conflict

Dec 7, 2007, 11:35 GMT


Nairobi - Sexual violence against women in the Somalia capital Mogadishu has reached an unprecedented level, with women raped at checkpoints and during the day in front of bystanders by all parties to the vicious conflict, the United Nations said Friday.

The UN children's agency UNICEF said rape was becoming an 'instrument' used by Ethiopian-backed government troops and insurgents, a new trend in the 17-year conflict, which has worsened dramatically since the New Year.

'Sexual violence and rape are part of conflicts in most parts of the world but we have not seen it on the level as we are seeing it now in Mogadishu,' said Christian Balslev-Olesen, the UNICEF representative for Somalia.

'Sexual violence and rape is part of the game.'

An aid worker based in the bullet-scarred capital said Ethiopian troops, in Mogadishu since the New Year and so embroiled in the conflict they cannot withdraw, cordon off areas after an attack, loot whatever they can and rape women left behind.

Women attempting to flee the violent capital, part of the exodus of 400,000 since the start of the year, are being raped at checkpoints and roadblocks run by the government or pro-government militias.

'The lack of respect for basic humanitarian principles is alarming and horrific,' Balslev-Olesen said, adding that wounded women and children are often left to die in the streets.

Balslev-Olesen said gathering figures on the number of rapes in the capital was difficult, with few international staff based there and many local aid agencies fearing repercussions from the government should they report such numbers.

He said figures collated from different relief agencies showed at least 50 women were raped in the last month.

Children meanwhile are being recruited into militias, with 80 per cent of schools in Mogadishu closed down because of the violence. Some 31 children have been killed on their way to school this year.

Ethiopian-backed government troops swooped into Mogadishu at the New Year, ousting a popular Islamist group and sparking a persistent insurgency that has killed thousands.

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[*lady_ice_4u2nv*]

deep

[silver-spy]

are women that weak these dayz?
common, put up abit of a fite...
use ur nails againt his eyez, or hit him in the private area... dont jus gt raped! fite bk

[Ladie]

^^

its easier sed dan dun, u nevaa kno demm ethopians mite have guns to der heads!!

Ladie_x

[TheBigBosS]

[quote="silver-spy"]are women that weak these dayz?
common, put up abit of a fite...
use ur nails againt his eyez, or hit him in the private area... dont jus gt raped! fite bk[/quote]

how do u know they didnt?

no matter how much a woman resist she cant stop rape from a grown man let alone horny trained soldiers

[lady biggle]

alie
some men r fukcin animalz
how can dey get pleasure from that
so sadistic
it mkes me ill
those poor women
that kinda shit can propa traumatise someone
i gta friend who just aint the same man
i could kill those bastards
for fuks sakes they can wankk of to some porn later
and if these woman didd fight back
dnt u think they wda got beaten up aswell as raped

[TheBigBosS]

they were raped and tortured , i believe every normal woman resists

[-Cabsiiye--]

Tough men are getting raped in prison what can lil girls,widows,single mothers do against soldiers up to no good?
wallahi this boils my blood cuz except for some we somali men are doing nothing, while our sisters are getting raped by gaalo