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May
Over 16,000 Domestic Violence Cases Were Recorded In 2020 – Catherine Afeku Former Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Catherine Afeku has disclosed that 16,586 cases of domestic violence were reported in 2020. This, she said, is data from the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU). Speaking in an interview on Sunday May 30, she indicated that this was a drop in numbers recorded the previous year. “In 2018, 9,393 cases were reported. In 2019, 18,629 were reported and in 2020, 16,586 cases were reported,” she said. She expressed concern over the large number of abuses that are recorded…