Kenyan women are sexually mistreated and forced into marriages in Somalia, a report by the United Nations has revealed.
The women who a good number of them hail from the Coast region are lured with fake promises that they are going to earn a better living only to be exploited.
“The women were deceived with false promises of a job but instead kept captive and exploited in marriage and sexual slavery,” read the report in part.
The report further reveals that the Al-Shabaab terrorist group is prone to such incidences where they abduct women and girls who are desperate to make ends meet.
A number of women were in 2017 taken to Somali, a region controlled by the militia.
“Armed groups active in this environment abduct and coerce women into sexual slavery and recruit children for use in combat or support roles. Refugee camps in neighbouring countries and informal settlements within the country are marred with vulnerabilities, particularly related to the limited available job options,” the report adds.
Al-Shabaab has been accused of abducting children and molesting them.
"Al-Shabaab, for example, has trafficked children for various purposes, including armed combat and sexual slavery. The armed group Ahl al-Sunna wal-Jama'a, the Somalia National Army, clan militias and regional government forces have also recruited children into their ranks, albeit in lesser numbers," the report further states.