MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A 13-year-old girl who said she had been raped was stoned to death in Somalia after being accused of adultery by Islamic militants, a human rights group said.
Dozens of men stoned Aisha Ibrahim Duhulow to death October 27 in a stadium packed with 1,000 spectators in the southern port city of Kismayo, Amnesty International and Somali media reported, citing witnesses. The Islamic militia in charge of Kismayo had accused her of adultery after she reported that three men had raped her, the rights group said.
Initial local media reports said Duhulow was 23, but her father told Amnesty International she was 13. Some of the Somali journalists who first reported the killing later told Amnesty International that they had reported she was 23 based upon her physical appearance.
“This child suffered a horrendous death at the behest of the armed opposition groups who currently control Kismayo,” David Copeman, Amnesty International’s Somalia campaigner, said in a statement Friday.
Somalia is among the world’s most violent and impoverished countries. The nation of some 8 million people has not had a functioning government since warlords overthrew a dictator in 1991 then turned on each other.
A quarter of Somali children die before age 5; nearly every public institution has collapsed. Fighting is a daily occurrence, with violent deaths reported nearly every day.
Islamic militants with ties to al-Qaida have been battling the government and its Ethiopian allies since their combined forces pushed the Islamists from the capital in December 2006. Within weeks of being driven out, the Islamists launched an insurgency that has killed thousands of civilians.
In recent months, the militants appear to be gaining strength. The group has taken over the port of Kismayo, Somalia’s third-largest city, and dismantled pro-government roadblocks. They also effectively closed the Mogadishu airport by threatening to attack any plane using it.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/01/amnesty.rape.somalia.ap/index.html?eref=rss_world
Heidi-Lore's Musings 
I just read about this today on CNN. It is a horrific crime. These barbaric killers must be held to account for their actions. I was somewhat comforted to see on the Amnesty website that some did try to save the girl; may their courage be an example to all.
You know, Somalia is probably the only country that might be as screwed up as North Korea, albeit in a totally different way. What a place.
No one should ever die like that. R.I.P., Aisha.
Oh, but Sarah Palin has 150,000 dollars worth of clothes. Sheer Freakin Madness, the world begins to melt down……….
Yeah, her clothes are a very important topic of conversation 😉
when will the world learn…all that is necessary for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing. the good people of the world have done nothing for too long. the evil scum taht perpetrate these heinious acts need to be eradicated, cauterized, killed…when will we wake up!!