Uganda: Rape rampant in largest northern IDP camp

At least 60 percent of women in the largest camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in war-torn northern Uganda have encountered some form of sexual and domestic violence, a new survey has revealed. The report, titled "Suffering in Silence", was based on the findings of a joint government and UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) nine-month study in Pabbo camp in Gulu District, about 380 km north of Uganda's capital, Kampala. "Research revealed that six out of ten women in Pabbo Camp are physically and sexually assaulted, threatened and humiliated by men," UNICEF and the government said in the report.