African refugee women report surge of sex attacks in Egypt

Female refugee who complained of violent sexual assault rests her hands on a balcony in Cairo, Egypt, October 16, 2019. Picture taken October 16, 2019. REUTERS/staff

CAIRO (Reuters) - The 17-year-old South Sudanese refugee finally managed to escape after three months as a prisoner in a Cairo apartment where she was repeatedly gang raped, only to realise that she had become pregnant by one of her attackers.

She is one of a growing number of African migrant and refugee women in the Egyptian capital who report abuse, in what rights groups say has become an epidemic of sexual violence that has worsened in recent months.