Survivors Describe Mass Rapes as Militias Target Civilians Fleeing Sudan’s Al Fasher
At least 150 cases of sexual violence reported since city fell to RSF paramilitary forces, as rights groups condemn decades of impunity.
Survivors who escaped the Sudanese city of Al Fasher have shared horrific accounts of mass rape and sexual violence carried out by paramilitary forces as civilians tried to flee.
One mother, identified only as Amira for her safety, described seeing women and girls publicly assaulted by fighters from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). “The rapes were gang rapes. Mass rape in public… no one could stop it,” she said from a makeshift shelter in Tawila.
Since Al Fasher fell on October 26 after an 18-month siege, at least 150 cases of sexual violence have been documented. The UN confirmed that 25 women were gang-raped in a single attack on a shelter near Al Fasher University.
Doctors Without Borders reported that more than 300 survivors of sexual violence have sought care in recent months. Amnesty International and other rights groups have repeatedly condemned the RSF for using sexual violence to terrorize and displace communities.
With communications largely cut off and thousands still trapped, activists warn the true scale of the violence may be far greater.
Source: Survivor testimonies via Avaaz, UN reports, Doctors Without Borders.
