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Sudan - Rebels Using Sexual Violence in Darfur As 'War Weapon', Says MSF
Doctors Without Borders reports 3,396 survivors of sexual violence sought treatment amid Sudan’s conflict, highlighting widespread use of gang rape as a war tactic.
- Doctors Without Borders released a report on Tuesday detailing how sexual violence is being used as a weapon of war in Sudan's conflict between the military and the Rapid Support Forces.
- The brutal conflict between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces has killed more than 40,000 people and displaced around 11 million since April 2023.
- Between January 2024 and November 2025, at least 3,396 survivors sought treatment at MSF facilities in North and South Darfur, with 97% of them being women and girls.
- Survivors have "frequently and clearly" identified Rapid Support Forces fighters as perpetrators, while the deliberate nature of sexual violence in Darfur prevents many from conducting daily activities like farming.
- MSF Emergency Coordinator Myriam Laroussi warned the figures are just a "tip of the iceberg," describing sexual violence as a "defining feature" of the ongoing conflict entering its fourth year.
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Sudan - Rebels Using Sexual Violence in Darfur As 'War Weapon', Says MSF
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and allied militia groups are using sexual violence as a 'weapon of war' in Darfur to control civilians, according to medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in a major report.
·South Africa
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The aid organization wants to wake up: above all non-Arab population groups are victims of "inconceivable brutality". The perpetrators often come from the ranks of the RSF militia.
·Bonn, Germany
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The relief organization "Doctors Without Borders" presents a report on sexual violence in the war in Sudan. Thus, about one fifth of the abuse victims are minor girls.
·Frankfurt, Germany
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Leaning Left4Leaning Right3Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution45% Left
Bias Distribution
- 45% of the sources lean Left
45% Left
L 45%
C 22%
R 33%
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