Story highlights Human Rights Watch report says displaced women victimizedCamps set up to offer aid to people displaced by fighting(CNN) Nigeria has launched an investigation into reports alleging that government officials raped and sexually abused women and girls who survived Boko Haram violence. The move comes after Human Rights Watch published a report detailing accounts by dozens of women and girls who said they were sexually abused or coerced into sex. The women said they were raped or abused by camp leaders, vigilante group members, policemen and soldiers at camps in Borno State's capital, Maiduguri. The camps were set up to offer aid to people displaced by fighting in Nigeria's northeast. Police: Security at camps to be beefed upRead More

Source: CNN November 04, 2016 05:35 UTC