DAR ES SALAAM, Oct. 31 -- INNOCENT, brave and delightful kids Amina, Shufaa and Bakari (not their real names), all aged below five, never looked out of place.
It was as if they belonged to this party--a forum which brought together child rights activists, law enforcers, magistrates and the press.
The children were brought here to share the sad truth of the plight facing minors in Zanzibar. Theirs was a painful story of being sexually abused by a 17-year old boy. Their testimony was a heartbreaker, a real shocker to the audience.
The children, told the gathering that their perpetrator (identified by single name Rashid), used to molest each one of them in turn. In their own words the assaulter would take them into a room and perform obscen...