China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States have troops and contractors stationed in this East African country, which also had a record of trafficking and forced prostitution. There has been some indication of foreign soldiers engaging in illegal sexual activities with women and girls; this report seeks to expose what we know and encourage international organisations and governments to dig further.

Written by Ray Acheson •  Second Edition (2021) • First published September 2017 by Reaching Critical Will, a programme of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom • Thanks to Sanne Terlingen and Hannah Kooy for their investigative reporting on this issue

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