Rape-related pregnancies surge in Sudan
The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) reported today that several victims of gender-based violence (GBV) in Darfur...
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SIHA demands an end to RSF siege of Tuti Island in Sudan capital
The Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) Network urges the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to immediately...
SIHA Network reports on ‘the aftermath of rape’ in Sudan
Rape and gang-rape are among the most horrific atrocities being perpetrated as part of the more than one-year-old war in Sudan,...
More rapes recorded in Sudan, ‘authorities should show flexibility with Form 8’
The Sudanese Together Against Rape and Sexual Violence Campaign reported 81 rape cases in the country between December 15 and...
Critics: UN report on human rights in Sudan ‘does not correspond with scale of violations’
Critics lament that the most recent report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on the...
Campaigners call for changes to Sudan rape legislation
On Saturday, the Together Against Rape and Sexual Violence campaign sent a memorandum to Sudan’s Attorney General Mubarak Osman demanding that...
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Sudanese killed and raped in Ethiopian refugee camps
Two Sudanese people were killed and six raped in Kumer refugee camp in Ethiopia recently, while others were robbed and...
MSF: Darfur displaced in ‘catastrophic’ humanitarian conditions
Zamzam camp in North Darfur is in a “catastrophic situation,” reports Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The security and humanitarian situation...
ICC Prosecutor: Sudan situation ‘dire by any metric’
“We are fast approaching a breaking point, and the situation in Sudan demands your attention more than ever,” International Criminal...
Sudan: Two new sexual violence cases in El Gezira
The Combating Violence against Women and Children Unit of the Sudanese Ministry of Social Affairs says it has received credible...
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