Twelve young women and girls from the Kounongou camp for Darfuri refugees in eastern Chad were raped by cattle herders on Sunday.
A relative of one of the victims told Radio Dabanga that the victims left the camp, in the area of Gireida, on Sunday afternoon to collect firewood.
“Not far from the camp, near the village of Oumou, they were intercepted by a large group of cattle herders and raped.”