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Current Feed ContentKENYA: Sexual violence continues in IDP campsResidents in a camp for displaced persons in Nakuru, in Rift Valley Province, western Kenya, were deeply shocked when a gang of men attacked and sexually assaulted five boys, but the health officials dealing with sexual violence during the recent political upheaval have had to become immune. "Since the violence started we are seeing similar numbers of cases to what we would normally see over the same timespan, but there is one major difference: 90 percent of the cases we are seeing since the...KENYA: IDP children falling through protection cracksViolence in the Rift Valley town of Nakuru has seen the numbers of displaced at the town's largest camp skyrocket, but camp officials say it is becoming increasingly difficult to provide security for the IDPs, and children are being particularly affected. "At the moment we have more than 5,900 IDPs in the camp, and more than 2,800 of these are children," Jesse Njoroge, coordinator of the camp at the Nakuru showground, told IRIN. "Many children come in alone because of the haste with which these... |
