kenya: Kenyan women granted legal aid to sue MoD

A group of 650 Kenyan women who claim they were raped by British soldiers have won legal aid to sue the Ministry of Defence in a UK court. The women, from rural Masai tribal lands, tell harrowing stories of gang rape, unwanted pregnancies, ruined lives and mixed race children shunned by the community. They allege that the MoD did nothing to stop systematic rape by soldiers despite complaints dating back almost 30 years.