Comments by "Matthew Loutner" (@Matthew_Loutner) on "CBS 8 San Diego"
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Ā @kpokpojijiĀ It is not okay with me that anyone gets shot. But since no one cares to address the real causes, that is out of my hands.
There are no statistics on how many school children got shot. But it does say this:
"An āalarmingā 80 per cent increase in sexual violence in Somalia, as documented in two recent reports by the Secretary-General, has been described as āappallingā by two UN Special Representatives.
āWe urge all parties to the conflict in Somalia to immediately cease these violationsā, the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict,Ā Virginia Gamba, and the Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict,Ā Pramila PattenĀ said in a statement.Ā
The reports (theĀ Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed ConflictĀ and theĀ Report of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict.) documented that in 2020, 400 civilians, primarily girls, were victims of rape and other forms of sexual violence.
This represented an almost 80 per cent increase compared to 2019.
More than 100 cases of sexual violence against girls were verified by the UN in the first quarter of 2021. Perpetrators often exploited the vulnerability of displaced girls, targeting them when they left camps to perform domestic chores, the reports noted.Ā "
Cases ofĀ sexual violence āāattributed to Al-Shabaab has doubled, the report found, describing how the Islamist militant group continues to use sexual violence and forced marriage to dominate areas under their de facto control.
Violations carried out by clan militia has also almost tripled over the past year. These have been linked to a PROLIFERATION OF SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAPONS.
In the vast majority of cases, the culprits remain unidentified, which perpetuates the cycle of impunity.
The two senior UN experts also expressed serious concern that over 15 per cent of all cases of sexual violence verified, were attributed to the Government security forces.
Both the Somali National Army and the Somali Police Force, as well as regional forces, committed acts of rape and other forms of sexual violence against women and children.
(Note: Somalia has a 100% ban on civilian-owned guns and the United Nations has a ban on selling any guns whatsoever to Somalia)
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