A prominent Sudanese doctor’s group has accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of raping at least 19 women as they fled the city of el-Fasher in Darfur.
The Sudan Doctors Network said in a statement on Sunday that it documented the rapes among women who had fled to the town of al-Dabba in the neighboring Northern State.
“The Sudan Doctors Network strongly condemns the gang rape being perpetrated by the RSF against women escaping the horrors of el-Fasher, affirming that it constitutes a direct targeting of women in a blatant violation of all international laws that criminalize the use of women’s bodies as a weapon of oppression,” the group wrote on X.
Sudan has been engulfed in civil war since April 2023, when fighting erupted between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary RSF. The conflict has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced more than 12 million, according to the United Nations. It has also left some 30 million in need of humanitarian aid.
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Sudan Group Accuses RSF of Raping 19 Women Who Fled el-Fasher
12/08/2025
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