وتزداد الحالة سوءا نتيجة لأعمال النهب التي تقوم بها العصابات المسلحة وعناصر من الجيش النظامي واللصوص المسلحون والتي كثيرا ما يتعرض الأطفال والنساء خلالها إلى الاعتداء والاغتصاب.
Poverty rates have not changed since the previous report, and a substantial proportion of urban and rural households are living beneath the poverty line, a situation exacerbated by pillaging by armed gangs, members of the regular army and armed bandits, during which women and children are often assaulted and raped.