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Deputy U.N. chief left near tears by rape accounts in Ethiopia

FILE PHOTO: Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, arrives at United Nations headquarters during the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly, in New York, U.S., September 20, 2021. John Minchillo/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Deputy U.N. Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said on Friday she was deeply shaken by accounts of rape from Ethiopian women, which she described as "your worst nightmare.”

Speaking to reporters in New York a day after returning from Ethiopia, Mohammed said she had been left near tears while hearing what the women had experienced, which included gang rape and rape in front of children.

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