US EditionSudan's women face 'world's worst' sexual violence amid brutal conflict, minister says
More than 1,800 rapes documented between April 2023 and October 2025, with sexual violence used as a weapon of war and ethnic cleansing by Rapid Support Forces, officials say.
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Port Sudan, Sudan. Women are the main victims of the abuses in the Sudan war, where they suffer “the worst sexual violence in the world” and other crimes committed with impunity, the Minister of Social Affairs of this African country alerted AFP.Sudan, a nation in northeastern Africa with more than 51 million inhabitants, suffers a war between the regular army and the paramilitaries of the Rapid Support Forces (FAR) since April 2023.The conflict…
Women 'main victims' of Sudan crisis as sexual violence used as weapon of war
Women are the main victims of abuse in Sudan's war, facing "the world's worst" sexual violence and other crimes committed with impunity, a rights activist turned social affairs minister for the army-backed government says.
Sudan is "a condensed of the worst things that have happened in the world," said the Sudanese Minister for Social Affairs to our colleagues at Agence France-Presse. According to Sulaïma Ishaq al-Khalifa, it is women who are the first victims of the conflict that has been between the army and the paramilitaries since April 2023. It describes rape, sexual slavery and forced marriage.
Sudan's women face 'world's worst' sexual violence amid brutal conflict, minister says
A social affairs minister for Sudan's army-backed government said that that women are the main victims of the brutal conflict ongoing since April 2023. Sulaima Ishaq al-Khalifa said Sudanese women are facing "the world's worst" sexual violence, with reports of rape often perpetrated as "the family witnessed" the crime.
Sudanese women face systematic abuse, Minister says
Women in Sudan are bearing the brunt of the ongoing war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The conflict, which began in April 2023, has killed tens of thousands and displaced nearly 11 million people. Sulaima Ishaq al-Khalifa, a longtime women’s rights activist and now Sudan’s social affairs minister, said women are facing “the world’s worst” sexual violence. She described cases of rape occurring in front …
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