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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Child rape has increased 42 percent in Zimbabwe, the U.N. children's agency said Wednesday, linking worsening child abuse to family tensions caused by the nation's economic meltdown.
The U.N. Children's Fund launched a new campaign calling on children, relatives, and church and other groups to fight what it called the "staggering statistics on the unspeakable evils of child abuse."
UNICEF said the number of cases of rape of minors reported to police surged from 2,192 in 2003 to 3,112 in 2006. Many other cases likely went unreported in a climate of secrecy and denial, it said.
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