Rapes On Rise In Somaliland, Gov’t official says
HARGEISA—- Rape cases in Somaliland are on increase according to the ministry of labor and social affairs.
The Director General of Somaliland ministry of labor, Mohamed Farah Hersi has announced that an upsurge of rape in the country has increased in the last six months.
The DG has revealed that 162 rape cases took place in the capital, Hargeisa for the past six months in what rights activists and medical officials have expressed their concern over the alarm rape of rape in Somaliland.
The DG has made the revelations in a briefing of Somaliland’s house of national assembly yesterday which saw the chairing of first deputy speaker.
Mr. Mohamed has appealed for the lawmakers to act and form law that will prevent the rape to increase in Somaliland. Knife-wielding young men follow women along the dusty streets of Hargeisa, the capital of the region, dragging them inside buildings to rape and rob them. Children are among the victims.
Rape is now rampant in Somaliland where victims are attacked at homes, streets or anywhere in Somaliland.
This years statistics when it comes to the rape cases committed in the capital only, it is more terrifying where each and every month the number of victims that have been raped is on the increase according to the report released by gov’t ministry.
HARGEISA—- Rape cases in Somaliland are on increase according to the ministry of labor and social affairs.
The Director General of Somaliland ministry of labor, Mohamed Farah Hersi has announced that an upsurge of rape in the country has increased in the last six months.
The DG has revealed that 162 rape cases took place in the capital, Hargeisa for the past six months in what rights activists and medical officials have expressed their concern over the alarm rape of rape in Somaliland.
The DG has made the revelations in a briefing of Somaliland’s house of national assembly yesterday which saw the chairing of first deputy speaker.
Mr. Mohamed has appealed for the lawmakers to act and form law that will prevent the rape to increase in Somaliland. Knife-wielding young men follow women along the dusty streets of Hargeisa, the capital of the region, dragging them inside buildings to rape and rob them. Children are among the victims.
Rape is now rampant in Somaliland where victims are attacked at homes, streets or anywhere in Somaliland.
This years statistics when it comes to the rape cases committed in the capital only, it is more terrifying where each and every month the number of victims that have been raped is on the increase according to the report released by gov’t ministry.