Sierra Leone flooding worsens human trafficking
Sierra Leone’s poorest communities have long been prey to human traffickers. Climate change is making things worse. Two women look on to...
Al Jazeera
Jan 31, 2024
Russian crimes of sexual violence in Ukraine
By Liz Cookman Survivor Relief Centre staff in Dnipro, Ukraine. Photograph: Alina Smutko/Reuters “Sexual violence is low attention,” she...
The Guardian
Sep 27, 2023
Dozens Killed in Violence in Volatile South Sudan County
By Deng Machol © UNICEF/UN0234655/Modola Dozens of people have recently been killed in violence that includes beheadings and sexual...
Associated Press 1
Apr 24, 2022
Ukraine: War Crimes in Russian-Controlled areas
Human Rights Watch has documented several cases of Russian military forces committing laws-of-war violations against civilians in...
Human Rights Watch
Apr 3, 2022
South Sudan: ‘Hellish Existence’ for Women and Girls
Widespread sexual violence against women and girls in conflict is being fueled by systemic impunity, the United Nations Commission on...
Genocide Watch
Mar 20, 2022
Abuses by South Sudan Govt Amount to ‘War Crimes’: UN
UN human rights body highlights names of 142 individuals who warrant an investigation for a ‘range of crimes’ under international law. At...
Al Jazeera
Mar 17, 2022
‘Widespread and systematic’ Sexual violence in DRC
Rival armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are carrying out horrific sexual attacks against women and girls, the UN...
Genocide Watch
Aug 13, 2021
'They Told Us Not to Resist’: Sexual Violence Pervades Ethiopia’s War
Rape is being used as a weapon as fighting rages in remote parts of Tigray region. “Even if we had shouted,” one woman said, “there was...
Genocide Watch
Apr 1, 2021
