US EditionWomen in Darfur report rape, lost children amid Sudan violence, UN says
The Rapid Support Forces used rape as a weapon during their 500-day siege of El Fasher, forcing 89,000 people to flee amid starvation and deadly attacks, the UN said.
- On Tuesday, the United Nations reported thousands of women and girls fleeing El Fasher, North Darfur face rape, starvation and bombing while seeking refuge.
- The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces recently captured El Fasher after a 500-day siege, taking the last Sudanese Armed Forces stronghold in North Darfur amid accusations of using rape as a weapon of war.
- On the ground, women told U.N. officials that every step to fetch water, firewood, or stand in food lines carries a high risk of sexual violence, said Anna Mutavati.
- An estimated 89,000 people have fled El Fasher to Tawila, Korma and Malit where humanitarian resources are scarce, and the World Health Organization reported more than 460 patients killed and six healthcare workers taken.
- The U.N. says mounting evidence indicates systematic rape and satellite imagery shows widespread summary executions and likely war crimes by RSF members.
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Since the capture of El-Fasher on 26 October 2025 by the Forces de soutien rapide (FSR) and the ensuing abuses in this great city in western Sudan, civilians are still growing in the ranks of refugees in neighbouring Chad. Charlotte Slente, secretary general of the Danish Refugee Council (DRC), visiting the Chadian border, tells of the fate of a "family, like so many others, that has experienced an extremely serious trauma, as no human being sho…
More and more atrocities are being reported from the Sudanese city of Al-Fashir. RSF's Arab-led paramilitaries are suspected of targeting black people.
Fasher, the capital of Northern Darfur, is one of the biggest hells of the day. After more than 500 days under siege, the town succumbed to the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF), in war with the Sudanese army. At the end of October, and after months of offensive, the militia conquered the city and massacred the population: armed attacks, rapes against women and girls, and incessant shootings against civilians. Communication courts ha…
"If you come from certain tribes, they don't even ask questions: they kill you immediately," says a survivor.
Women Fleeing Sudan’s Al-Fashir Report Rape, Killings and Child Disappearances
In Sudan’s North Darfur, new accounts from women fleeing the city of Al-Fashir reveal horrifying scenes of violence and abuse after its capture by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
Sudan: Women Bear the Brunt as Darfur’s Crisis Reaches Breaking Point
In Darfur — where al-Fashir’s fall has tightened the RSF’s chokehold — women are being hunted, starved, and silenced as systematic rape and engineered famine are wielded as weapons while the world looks away. #SaveDarfur #StandWithSudan #StopRapeAsAWeapon #DarfurSOS #WomenUnderAttack #HumanitarianCrisis #AidNowDarfur #NoMoreImpunity #RememberAlFashir #JusticeForDarfur
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