Multiple accounts of rape perpetrated by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have emerged across Sudan—as well as one documented case of a rape by an army soldier—as activists and medical professionals take to social media to warn others and provide a critical support network for survivors and women at risk of sexual violence.
Sudanese capital Khartoum and el-Geneina in West Darfur are said to be suffering the highest cases of sexual violence.
“There are confirmed reports that about 24 women and girls were kidnapped and raped from Otash IDP camp in South Darfur last month,” said Neimat Abubaker Abas, a senior program adviser at Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa.
Abas added that they have been able to verify 30 cases of rape in South Khartoum.
Not all reports have been independently verified, but they suggest a broad pattern of behavior in which women are being routinely targeted, in some cases in front of family members, and subjected to brutal acts of sexual violence.
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