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“She saw men rape women inside the stadium. “When they do that to the women, they took the gun again and fire the women inside its privates, she’s privates,” she recounted. “Yes, I saw them. That is why I’m not able to sleep.”

October 20, 2009                           girl_dees    

The people of the West African nation of Guinea are still struggling to deal with the trauma of a deadly military crackdown on a pro-democracy rally last month.

It was not the first time troops in Guinea have opened fire on civilians. What has shocked people most is that women were targeted in a wave of alleged sexual violence perpetrated by soldiers in public — in broad daylight. More