Workers at an informal displaced persons camp that has sprung up in an abandoned market in Benue state, Nigeria, denounced this week the discovery of trash disposals full of fetuses as a result of dangerous and unsanitary abortions conducted on women and girls at the camp.

The Nigerian newspaper Vanguard , citing the local outlet Arewa Voice, attributed the “crisis of unwanted pregnancies and abortions” at the site of what formerly was the Makurdi Ultra Modern International Market – now a refugee camp for about 5,000 people – to an eruption of sexual activity by displaced people “who just want to feel alive again.” The report did not mention rape, but human rights organizations have extensively documented the prevalence of rape and other sexual assault, including by government offici

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