Sudan: Abuse By Troops in Darfur?
5 minutes, 2006
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Exclusive: Women and children in Darfur claim they have been abused by the very guards who are meant to be protecting them. Since 2004, the fragile peace in Darfur has been monitored by troops from the African Union. But we have uncovered evidence that some of the soldiers overseeing the ceasefire, are now exploiting the women and children they were sent in to protect. The United Nations has promised to speed up moves to send its own peacekeepers to the war torn region. We travelled to Geraida in Southern Darfur, where girls as young as 11 said they had been threatened and coerced into sexual acts by soldiers.