A outstanding Sudanese physician’s group has accused the paramilitary Fast Assist Forces (RSF) of raping at the very least 19 ladies as they fled the town of el-Fasher in Darfur.
The Sudan Medical doctors Community stated in an announcement on Sunday that it documented the rapes amongst ladies who had fled to the city of al-Dabba within the neighbouring Northern State.
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Two of the ladies had been pregnant, the group stated.
“The Sudan Medical doctors Community strongly condemns the gang rape being perpetrated by the RSF towards ladies escaping the horrors of El-Fasher, affirming that it constitutes a direct concentrating on of ladies in a blatant violation of all worldwide legal guidelines that criminalise using ladies’s our bodies as a weapon of oppression,” the group wrote on X.
Sudan Medical doctors Community: We’ve documented 19 instances of rape dedicated by the Fast Assist Forces, together with two pregnant ladies, at Al-Afad Camp in Al-Dabba
The Sudan Medical doctors Community crew at Al-Afad Camp in Al-Dabba has documented the rape of 19 ladies whereas they had been fleeing from… pic.twitter.com/u5qWp4bdSD
— Sudan Medical doctors Community – شبكة أطباء السودان (@SDN154) December 7, 2025
Sudan has been engulfed in civil battle since April 2023, when combating erupted between the Sudanese military and the paramilitary RSF. The battle has killed tens of 1000’s of individuals and displaced greater than 12 million, in response to the United Nations. It has additionally left some 30 million in want of humanitarian support.
The RSF took the town of el-Fasher, the capital of the state of North Darfur, in October after an 18-month marketing campaign of siege and hunger. The town was the Sudanese military’s final stronghold within the area.
Survivors who fled the town within the subsequent days recounted mass killings, rape, pillaging and different atrocities, prompting a world outcry.
Amnesty Worldwide has accused the RSF of “battle crimes”, whereas the UN Human Rights Council has ordered an investigation into the abuses in el-Fasher. Officers who visited Darfur and spoke to survivors described the area as an “absolute horror present” and a “crime scene”.
Widespread sexual assault
Mohammed Elsheikh, a spokesperson for the Sudan Medical doctors Community, informed Al Jazeera on Sunday that he was “100% certain” that sexual violence dedicated by RSF fighters is much extra widespread than reported.
“As a result of a lot of the communities have a look at it as a stigma, a lot of the raped ladies have a tendency to not disclose this data,” he stated.
Elsheikh stated the community had additionally documented 23 instances of rape amongst ladies who fled el-Fasher for the close by city of Tawila.
“Sadly, the age of those raped victims varies from 15 years to 23 years previous,” he stated.
In its assertion, the Sudan Medical doctors Community urged the worldwide group to take pressing motion to guard Sudanese ladies and women.
It additionally referred to as for “severe stress on RSF leaders to instantly cease these assaults, respect worldwide humanitarian legislation, and safe protected corridors for girls and youngsters”.
The most recent accusations got here amid a rising outcry over one other RSF assault on a pre-school within the state of South Kordofan that native officers stated killed at the very least 116 folks. Some 46 of the victims had been kids, in response to the officers.
On Sunday, Justice Minister Abdullah Dirife stated Khartoum was keen to pursue political talks aimed toward ending the battle, however insisted that any settlement should “guarantee there isn’t any presence for ‘terrorist’ militias in each the political and army arenas”.
Chatting with Al Jazeera on the sidelines of the Doha Discussion board, he stated the rebels “have to agree to present their weapons in particular areas and go away all these cities, and the police ought to take over”.
Dirife additionally referred to as for placing a cease to the “switch of weapons and the infiltration of mercenaries into Sudan” and claimed that fighters and arms had been getting into from areas together with South America, Chad and the UAE.
The RSF at present holds all 5 states of Darfur, whereas the Sudanese military retains management of a lot of the remaining 13 states, together with Khartoum.
Dirife additionally accused the RSF of repeatedly breaking previous commitments to stick to regional and international mediation initiatives.
“The final initiative we signed was the Jeddah Declaration. Nevertheless, this militia didn’t decide to what we agreed on,” he stated in Doha.
The Jeddah Declaration – brokered by america and Saudi Arabia in Could 2023 – was meant to guard civilians and lay the groundwork for humanitarian entry. A number of ceasefires adopted, however either side had been accused of violating them, prompting the mediators to droop talks.
The UN has in the meantime formally declared famine in el-Fasher and Kaduguli in South Kordofan and warned of the danger of a starvation disaster in 20 extra areas throughout the Higher Darfur and Higher Kordofan areas.
The World Meals Programme’s Deputy Government Director Carl Skau informed Al Jazeera on Sunday that the company was offering support to 5 million folks, together with two million in areas which might be tough to achieve, however warned that help has fallen far in need of wants.
“World consideration must be on Sudan now, and diplomatic efforts have to be stepped up so as to stop the identical catastrophe we noticed in el-Fasher,” he stated.
