Heather Van Niekerk
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/ 23 July 2004

Weapons of war

Rape has been used as a weapon of war in many conflict situations. We have witnessed this in Africa in countries such as Rwanda, Burundi and, most recently, Sudan. ”During the day we were beaten and they were telling us: ‘You, the black women, we will exterminate you, you have no god.’ At night we were raped several times.” This testimony echoes that of hundreds of Sudanese refugees.