YEAH RIGHT OF COUSE YOUR NOT FROM PUNTLAND OSMAN
Nairobi — The number of reported rapes in camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Bosasso, in Somalia's self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, is increasing and rape has become "a major problem", says a civil society source.
"We are seeing more and more women who have been raped in the displaced camps," said Hawa Ali Jama, of We Are Women Activists (WAWA), an NGO.
"We have recorded 30 women raped in October 2009 and 45 in November," she said. These numbers did not reflect the actual number of raped women, because many did not report it, she said, for two reasons. First, the family may not want the case to be reported "because they are afraid that it will reflect badly on them". Second, the woman may be afraid the perpetrator may come back and harm her or her family.
Jama said there were at least 24 IDP camps in Bosasso and rape cases had been reported in most.
She said rapes were committed either by men from the host community or other IDPs. Among the IDPs there were men who took a fancy to a girl and wanted to marry her but if they were rejected, "he may return at night to rape her; he will then be forced to marry her, according to tradition. That was his aim all along."
Unsafe haven
Many of the displaced fled violence in the south, particularly the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
Ambro (not her real name) came to Bosasso, the commercial capital of Puntland, in 2005, seeking a safe haven for her family.
A month ago her teenage daughter was attacked near the IDP camp that is their new home in Bosasso while Ambro was out finding work in the town.
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