Sexual violence still used as weapon of war in Sudan: UN

UN: RSF used rape and sexual slavery as weapons of war in Sudan since 2023

UN: RSF used rape and sexual slavery as weapons of war in Sudan since 2023 Submitted by Sondos Asem on Wed, 06/24/2026 - 17:04 OHCHR report finds RSF responsible for about 87 percent of verified incidents of gang rape and sexual slavery that may amount to crimes against humanity A Sudanese woman carries water at the Abu al-Naga displacement camp in Gedaref State, 420km east of the capital Khartoum on 6 February 2026 (AFP) Off The Rapid Supp…

Sexual violence in Sudan war

The United Nations is warning sexual violence is being used as a “weapon of war” in Sudan against civilians. There’s been a litany of accusations of heinous crimes leveled against the two main fighting groups in Sudan’s civil war – and this report is just the latest. Cases of sexual violence occurred across both conflict and displacement routes – most attributed to the paramilitary Rapid Suppport Forces (RSF) fighters. In Darfur, the UN says wid…

Sexual violence used as 'weapon of war' in Sudan conflict, UN says

Sexual violence is increasingly being used as a 'weapon of war' in Sudan to terrorize the civilian population, with hundreds of verified cases representing only a fraction of the actual scale of abuses, according to a UN human rights report released on Tuesday.

Sudan civil war: Sexual violence increasingly used as 'weapon of war', UN says

The scale and brutality of the sexual attacks is unprecedented and aimed at terrorising communities, the UN says.

Sexual violence used as 'weapon of war' in Sudan conflict: UN report

UN rights office verifies 546 cases across country, calls for independent investigations and accountability

Sexual violence still used as weapon of war in Sudan: UN

A Sudanese women's rights activist, who said she was subjected to repeated rape by armed fighters, stands outside a shelter in Adre, Chad. / Reuters Archive