As in other conflicts worldwide, the UAE-backed paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has used s*xual violence as a weapon of war, committing 890 rapes in Sudan’s Al Jazirah state alone between late 2023 and early 2025, including 112 child victims. Meanwhile 75 per cent of health facilities lie in ruins, ensuring that medical help is nearly impossible to access.
Survivors face unimaginable trauma, with many women ding by sucide or fleeing their families due to the crushing stigma. The RSF reportedly uses s*xual violence to humiliate communities and push people off land. Similar atrocities have occurred in South Kordofan state.
But, make no mistake, this war isn’t just the RSF’s doing. It’s an imperialist proxy conflict fueled by foreign powers that profit from Sudan’s collapse. The bloodshed began in April 2023 and had k*lled at least 150,000 people by May 2024, according to US envoy Tom Perriello. Half the population faces acute hunger, and more than 11 million are internally displaced.
SOURCES
News
https://sudantribune.com/sudans-rsf-committed-890-documented-rapes-in-al-jazirah-state
South Kordofan
https://www.voanews.com/a/human-rights-watch-accuses-sudan-s-rsf-of-rape-sexual-slavery/7903527.html
Death toll
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crln9lk51dro
Hunger
https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/12/1158511
Internal displacement
https://dtm.iom.int/reports/year-review-displacement-sudan-2024?close=true
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That’s too bad for them✝️