Soldiers, insurgents and bandits are routinely attacking Somalian civilians, carrying out murder, rape, and robbery on villagers, and destroying entire districts, Amnesty International said on Tuesday. Gang rape and throat cutting — referred to locally as ”killing like goats” — is prevalent.
Police in Mozambique are killing and torturing people with near total impunity, according to a report by Amnesty International released on Tuesday. "Police in Mozambique seem to think they have a licence to kill, and the weak police accountability system allows for this," Michelle Kagari, deputy director of Amnesty International’s Africa Programme, said.
Poor, rural women bear the brunt of South Africa’s HIV pandemic as they face sexual abuse and discrimination, rights body Amnesty International said on Tuesday, urging government action. A new report said rural women were disproportionately affected by poverty and unemployment and continued to suffer subjugation at the hands of men.