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Rape is being used as a weapon of war in Ethiopia, say witnesses (The Guardian)

Ethiopian nun speaks of widespread horror she and colleagues are seeing on a daily basis inside the heavily isolated region of Tigray

A Tigrayan refugee who was raped as she fled the conflict in Ethiopia.
A Tigrayan refugee who was raped as she fled the conflict in Ethiopia. ‘Rape is starting at the age of 8 and to the age of 72,’ a nun reports. Photograph: Nariman El-Mofty/AP
Fri 14 May 2021 01.00 EDT

 

In a rare account from inside the heavily isolated region of Tigray, where communications with the outside world are being deliberately cut off, an Ethiopian nun has spoken of the widespread horror she and her colleagues are seeing on a daily basis since a savage war erupted six months ago.

“Rape is starting at the age of 8 and to the age of 72. Many, many have been raped. This has all happened so quickly,” said the sister, who cannot be named to protect her security but is based in the regional capital of Mekelle.

 

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