Militiamen gang-rape ten in Central Darfur

Ten women, four of them minors, were gang-raped by militiamen on Sunday in Wadi Bari, northeast of Abata in Central Darfur, the coordinator of the Central Darfur camps reported to Radio Dabanga. “More than 20 government-backed militiamen, some of them in military uniforms, others in civilian clothes assaulted ten women who were collecting firewood and picking jujube fruits in Wadi Bari, north of Mileisa village, on Sunday morning,” the coordinator said. The militiamen beat and whipped the women before they alternately raped them from 10am until 7pm. The coordinator noted that there were four minors among the women, their ages ranging from 12 to 15 years. “The six other women are between 18 to 40 years old.” A group of people brought the victims “who were in a very bad psychological condition” home on donkeys and carts. The incident was reported to Unamid and human rights organisations. File photo Related:Three women gang-raped in West Darfur (11 December 2013)‘Sexual violence crisis in Sudan’: rape victims speak out (8 December 2013)Militiamen kill three, rape woman, and herdsmen release cattle on farmlands in West Darfur (27 November 2013Militiamen rape three women, injure three more in South Darfur (24 November 2013)Militiamen ‘in military uniforms’ gang-rape woman in South Darfur (17 November 2013)