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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...

By Vijay Prashad: Iran flag (Image: Getty Images) Israel’s consistent attacks on Iran since 2023 have all been illegal, violations of the United Nations Charter (1945). Iran is a member state of the United Nations and is therefore a sovereign state in the international order. If Israel had a problem with Iran, there are many mechanisms mandated by international law that permit Israel to bring complaints against Iran. Thus far, Israel has avoided these international forums because it is clear that it has no case against Iran. Allegations that Iran is building a nuclear weapon, which are constantly raised by the United States, the European Union, and Israel, have been fully investigated by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and found to be unfounded. It is ce...

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Sudan’s Ongoing Conflict: Women and Girls Face Widespread Sexual Violence as Rape Becomes a Tool of War

THE ILLEGAL ATTACK ON IRAN: A decoy for Benjamin Netanyahu’s narrow political ends