"The girls watched the women melt into the thick forest"

"They would have to use it sparingly so as not to run out beforethe next visit”"

"I wish we had enough ammunition. Who are they to pushus out? It’s their weapon. Their weapon pushed us out, not them"

"The sometimes waylaid the women returning fromthe distant market and disposed them of their goods"

"Deze’s mother told the girls about an elderly man, Jo-seph, who was beaten to death because he tried to stopthe unifo…"

"The men pounced on them, pulling them up forcefully and pushing them out. They never returned… Later, stories were to…"

"Men, women and children all eventually become victims of war but women always appear to be double victims"

"Before anyone could shout ‘take cover’, they heard ‘gboam, gboam, boom, boom, kpoom!’ One fast plane had dropped a st…"

"Bits of Gonma’s mother’s flesh were strewn all over the ground. It was heart breaking and the women virtually rent th…"

"[The rebel federal soldiers’] favourite pastime was to hunt for and abduct young females or older ones in the absence…"