Rape stalks women in Central African Republic’s ‘dirty war’
The UN's humanitarian aid agency recorded 6,336 cases of gender-based violence between January and July 2021 across the Central African Republic. PHOTO | AFP
Four months ago, an armed man grabbed and raped the 15-year-old, attacking her as she was harvesting cassava roots. In the remote northwest of the Central African Republic (CAR), sexual violence targeting women, adolescents and even younger girls is on the rise.
