Sudan’s Ongoing Conflict: Women and Girls Face Widespread Sexual Violence as Rape Becomes a Tool of War
By News SA Correspondent:
A woman walks through Daba Naira camp for internally displaced people in Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan. Photographer: Cindy Gonzalez| on 14/02/2026
“They took us to an open area. […] The first man raped me twice, the second once, the third four times, and the fourth once. Apart from the rapes, they beat us with sticks and pointed guns at my head. Another girl who was 15…was raped by three men. We were raped throughout the night.” - Woman, unknown age, October 2025, Tawila.
This is one of the tales of harrowing sexual violence experienced by women and young girls in the war-torn country contained in a new report released this week by Doctors Without Borders (MSF). The report, released during a media conference held in Nairobi, Kenya, exposes the rampant...