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World Service,2 mins,
Ghanaians outraged after "gods" declare child rape suspect innocent
Focus on AfricaContains scenes of sexual violence.
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There's been outrage in Ghana after a local chief allegedly declared that community gods had found innocent a man accused of sexually attacking a four year old girl. The child is reportedly fighting for her life in a hospital. Angela Dwamena-Aboagye who's a lawyer and women's empowerment campaigner has been telling Akwasi Sarpong more about the case and the taboos surrounding it. (Photo: South African protesters demonstrating in Diepsloot, north of Johannesburg, in 2013 after five people were arrested for the rape and murder of two toddlers in a shantytown. Credit: Getty images)
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