MEKELLE, ETHIOPIA - The stories are eerily similar. “My baby cried the whole time.”Hundreds of other women have reported similar attacks at the hands of soldiers in the Tigray war, and victims who do come forward say they represent only a small percentage of the women and girls who have been brutalized. “Especially in women who have been raped by many men,” he said in his office at the hospital, staring straight ahead. Women say soldiers came to their houses and raped them, often accusing them of being related or married to Tigrayan fighters, in Mekelle, Ethiopia, June 8, 2021. At 16, this girl is one of the younger victims Mekelle, Ethiopia.

Source: Ethiopian News July 07, 2021 20:03 UTC