Nigeria, Nov. 25 -- Convicted rapists named in the sex offenders register will find it impossible to get jobs outside Nigeria or travel abroad, an official of Nigeria's Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC), Juliana Joseph, has said.

The register will be launched on Monday in Abuja as part of efforts by the Nigerian government, with support from the United Nations and the British Council, to help track sexual offences in Nigeria.

Ms Joseph who manages the SARC in Kaduna State also said the register contains the names of alleged sexual offenders once investigation suggests possible cases of rape involving the accused persons.

"The SOR will be kept in Nigeria where the names of people who have been alleged to be perpetrators of sexual of...