Gender-based violence ‘a weapon of war’ in Sudan and Darfur
Sudan has experienced a concerning rise in sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) since the onset of war between the Sudan...
UN condemns sexual violence and abductions in Sudan
At least 20 Sudanese women and girls are reported to have been “abducted and held in inhuman, degrading slave-like conditions”,...
Sudan groups launch ‘Where Did You Take Them?’ campaign against forced disappearances
Eight Sudanese civil society groups this weekend launched the campaign Where Did You Take Them? with the aim of highlighting...
Darfur Women’s Forum: Risk of rape confines refugees in Chad to camps
Darfuri women refugees in eastern Chad are “unable to leave camps to relieve themselves and to shelter for risk of...
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Sudanese women are not ‘collateral damage’ says SIHA Network
The Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA Network) issued a statement on Wednesday condemning the violence...
REDRESS: Mounting evidence of war crimes in Sudan
The UK-based REDRESS organisation and the SOAS Centre for Human Rights Law have reported that “a large body of credible...
Khartoum ‘one big prison’, people ‘tortured to death’ by Sudan Military Intelligence
The Emergency Lawyers documented a record number of detention centres inside wider Khartoum, mainly from the RSF, and lamented the...
USA calls on Sudan’s RSF for ‘zero tolerance for sexual violence’
The USA has strongly condemned “the widespread conflict-related wave of sexual violence in Sudan attributed by reliable sources, including victims,...
‘Concern and alarm’ at escalating violence against women and girls in Sudan and Darfur – IGAD women’s forum
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Forum for Women’s Empowerment for Peace and Security Conference, held in the southern Kenyan...
Women’s seminar cancelled by Sudanese security authorities
The security authorities in El Gezira cancelled a seminar by the No to Women’s Oppression Initiative on Saturday. The initiative...
Images of destroyed Darfur villages evoke ‘scorched earth’ campaigns
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has reported “massive fire destruction in the town of Sirba” in West Darfur in late July...
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