Women say they were raped and ransomed by fighters in Sudan’s ongoing war
The U.N. says sexual violence and ransom demands have surged as RSF fighters abduct women and girls and hold some for up to $10,000.
- The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are abducting women in Sudan and holding them as sex slaves while demanding ransoms up to $10,000 for their release, particularly in Khartoum, Darfur, and Gezira.
- Ransom cases involving sexual assault have jumped nearly 195% since the war began, according to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project, as the RSF has long used these tactics that intensified during the conflict.
- Survivors described being abducted, beaten, and forced to contact family members to pay ransoms while enduring hours of sexual assault. One woman said, "They never missed a day … I have nightmares."
- Freed captives struggle with physical trauma and crushing debt as families sell gold and cars to pay ransoms, yet many survivors cannot afford necessary surgery or medical treatment.
- Humanitarian aid remains constrained after The Trump administration cut more than $370 million in grants to the United Nations Population Fund last year, leaving organizations without resources for survivor care despite Sudan receiving over $220 million for other needs.
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According to the UN, sexualised violence increases in conflict. In the war in Sudan, women suffer from the violent means of rebels. An example.
Women say they were raped by fighters in Sudan's ongoing war
Naked, hungry, raped and lying in her own urine, the woman said her captors after two days of misery handed her a phone. Call your friends and family, they said. Tell them to buy your freedom or you’ll be killed. The 38-year-old said she screamed on the calls as horrified loved ones listened to her being tortured in a remote village in western Sudan. Now safely in the capital, Khartoum, she looked through photos she took of her battered face and…
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Women say they were raped and ransomed by fighters in Sudan's ongoing war
Women in Sudan have shared their accounts of being abducted, raped and held for ransom by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan.
Sudanese women say they have been kidnapped, sexually assaulted and ransomed during the war. Sudanese women are being subjected to sexual slavery and ransoms of up to $10,000. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are accused of the crimes.
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