The Assaults on Women in the Bus Line in Burundi: “Suddenly, You Feel Someone Rubbing Their Genitals Against You”

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“Taking in line at the bus station has become a nightmare. When it comes time to go home, I get nauseous because I know I’m going to suffer sexual harassment,” explains Alice Muhorakeye, a 30-year-old woman who works in the centre of Bujumbura, Burundi’s economic capital, and lives in Mutakura, a neighborhood located in the north of the city, six kilometres away. It’s not an isolated testimony. In this African country, outrage and reports of sex…