girls were held as sex slaves for up to eighteen months but jim say they've been targeted by both muslim seleka rebels and christian. fighters but not a single person is face charges since the overthrow of the president françois in two thousand and fourteen fighting has killed thousands of people and more than a million have fled their homes thirteen thousand united nations peacekeepers are struggling to contain the violence imraan khan has more on this now in just a warning that you might find some of the images in his report upsetting. hidden beyond the tall grass and veiled behind curtains survivors in the central african republic talk of barbaric acts cruel and brutal crimes that are still unpunished. one of them took a grenade and they put it in my vagina did they remove the grenade and they raped me. this thirty five year old is among hundreds of women and girls who've told human rights watch about sexual violence and torture. when i think about it my heart beat so fast and really hard when i remember my heart beat so hard so hard so hard even right now when i'm thinking about it it's bea

rape and sexual slavery to terrorize women and girls victims say they've been targeted by both muslim seleka rebels and christian and fighters but not a single person has faced charges. and a.j. aid agencies are warning that zambia is facing a humanitarian crisis with more than three thousand refugees arriving from the democratic republic of congo in the last month congolese government forces are fighting a local militia and the region or the one point four million people have been displaced by violence there were these day with al jazeera more news for you in twenty five minutes time see that. i am fuck man i am an online journalist. i'm married and have a four year old daughter. i grew up in see them three am belgian. it was while making a web documentary fog of the you know about female genital mutilation that i realize how deeply rooted it is in many cultures including my own. i have family and friends who have been through it but it's not something you talk about. as a child i attended a close relatives gathering after she was caught. it was then that i wondered have i been copped. to m

nations staff victims of violence say they were targeted for their perceived support of either muslim seleka or christian and have a lock on fires fighting since the overthrow of the president four years ago has killed thousands of people thirteen thousand united nations peace keepers are struggling to contain the violence in iran khan reports. hidden beyond the toll grass and veiled behind curtains survivors in the central african republic talk of barbaric acts cruel and brutal crimes that are still unpublished. that one of them took a grenade and they put it in my vagina then they removed the grenade and they write to me. they say a thirty five year old is among hundreds of women and girls who have told human rights watch about sexual violence and torture. when i think about it my heart beat so fast and really hard when i remember my heart beats so hard so hard so hard even right now when i'm thinking about it it's beating hard and so fast fast fast three of the victims the children when they were raped and became pregnant. they raped me over and over again they never stopped not for even

rape and sexual slavery to terrorize women and girls victims say they've been targeted by both muslim seleka rebels and christian fighters and aid agencies are warning that is facing a humanitarian crisis with more than three thousand refugees arriving from the democratic republic of congo in the last month congolese government forces a fighting a local militia in the region more than one point four million people have been displaced by the violence that since august twenty sixth in. the headlines the stream starts now on al jazeera after that. i am really could you and you're in the stream and then how do you rebuild an entire island one that's already under an enormous amount of debt after it's been decimated by a hurricane and that's the challenge facing puerto rico after hurricane maria devastated the u.s. territory but government officials on the island have vowed puerto rico will rise again so what does that look like when joining us from san juan to discuss this we have renee vargas a lawyer and newspaper columnist in puerto rico is about she is the managing director of con. a nonprof

united nations staff victims of violence say they were targeted for their perceived support of the muslim seleka or christian anti balika fighters fighting since the overthrow of president. four years ago has killed thousands of people thirteen thousand un peacekeepers a struggling to contain the violence i want to you may find them on calls report disturbing. hidden beyond the tall grass and veiled behind curtains survivors in the central african republic talk of barbaric acts cruel and brutal crimes that are still unpunished. that one of them took a grenade and they put it in my vagina then they removed the grenade and they raped me. this thirty five year old is among hundreds of women and girls he told human rights watch about sexual violence and torture. when i think about it my heart beat so fast and really hard when i remember my heart beat so hard so hard so hard even right now when i'm thinking about it it's beating hard and so fast fast fast. three of the victims were children when they were raped and became pregnant. they raped me over and over again they never stopped not for even one

were held a sexual slaves for up to eighteen months victims say they've been targeted by both muslim seleka rebels and christian anti baloch of fighters but of a single person has faced charges since the overthrow of president in twenty thirteen fighting has killed thousands of people and more than a million have fled their homes thirteen thousand united nations peacekeepers are struggling to contain the violence imran khan has more and a warning you may find some of his report top setting. hidden beyond the tall grass and veiled behind curtains survivors in the central african republic talk of barbaric acts cruel and brutal crimes that are still unpunished the minimoog lead one of them took a grenade and they put it in my vagina then they removed the grenade and they raped me. this thirty five year old is among hundreds of women and girls who've told human rights watch about sexual violence and torture. and then. when i think about it my heart beats so fast and really hard when i remember my heart beat so hard so hard so hard even right now when i'm thinking about it it's beating hard and

story violence began way back twenty one way back but twenty thirteen when a mainly muslim rebel coalition known as seleka overthrew the event president francois. who was a christian they burned towns and villages leading to the formation of a predominantly christian group called the. twenty sixteen when the former prime minister and math teacher first on are shown to dera was elected as president but violence is now a skillet of again the celica split into several factions fighting not only the. but also each other fourteen rebel groups now control about seventy percent of the country and human rights activists have accused those fighters of raping and targeting civilians despite the presence of u.n. peacekeepers. so let's have a look at this report now nicholas is in for us. the desert was thirteen years old when her family took refuge by a french military camp to escape the violence in her neighborhood. one of the soldiers to ask her to fetch some water inside the tent thinking she was safe she did as he asked to playing soldiers grabbed me they forced themselves inside of me i screamed they strangled