Increasing violence in northern Burkina Faso has led to an MSF-supported health centre being burnt down in Foube, leaving people with no access to healthcare.
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World: Reporting sexual violence by state bodies or conflict actors and affecting IDPs and refugees - November 2020 18 December, 2020 - 15:40
Countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Peru, Philippines, South Sudan, World Source: Insecurity Insight
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This monthly document summarises publicly reported cases of sexual violence by law enforcement bodies, conflict related sexual violence, and sexual violence that targets IDPs / refugees or vulnerable beneficiaries.
Africa
Burkina Faso
16 November 2020: Near Bangmiougou village, Barsalogho department, Sanmatenga province, a group of 10 women were raped by gunmen whilst collecting straw in the bush near the village. The governor of the Centre-Nord region denied that the event had occurred in a later statement. Source: ACLED
Reporting sexual violence by state bodies or conflict actors and affecting IDPs and refugees - November 2020
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Africa
Burkina Faso
16 November 2020: Near Bangmiougou village, Barsalogho department, Sanmatenga province, a group of 10 women were raped by gunmen whilst collecting straw in the bush near the village. The governor of the Centre-Nord region denied that the event had occurred in a later statement. Source: ACLED
Cameroon
04 November 2020: In Limbe city, Fako division, Southwest region, unidentified armed men stormed the Kulu Memorial College, where they forced students and teachers to strip naked. They then ransacked the building and set a large part of it ablaze. Teachers were reportedly tortured. Sources: All Africa I, All Africa II and Mimi Mefo Info