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The Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) network reported that a 26-year-old woman died after being gang-raped at her home in Wadmaidani, Ghazira State, following an incursion by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
“While we were providing support to the girl, she lost her life due to complications from the rape,” the report obtained by Radio Tamazui said.
In an interview with Radio Tamazuj on Friday, Hala Al-Karib, SIHA’s regional director for the Horn of Africa, said the network had recorded 265 incidents of violence in Sudan since the start of the war, and revealed that at least 200 women had been moved to safe places.
Karibu noted that despite the existence of such cases, there is a lack of capacity to work with male victims of sexual violence. She said that providing services is complicated and that due to tradition, men do not talk about such crimes.
She stressed that upon reaching the victims, the first step is to remove them from the area where the crime took place and then facilitate their access to medical care within 72 hours. In addition, she pointed out that communication with victims is often difficult due to poor network coverage and the fact that the violations take place in areas controlled by the RSF.
“There have been documented cases where people, after receiving initial assistance, were unwilling to continue communicating after leaving the accident scene. They did not want to receive medical help and tried to forget the trauma.
“Sexual violence is widespread and has become the norm, occurring regularly in every region of Sudan,” she explained.
The Regional Director mentioned that residents of host communities in northern Sudan have committed violence against young girls, which she attributed to a lack of legal infrastructure and a weak framework. She noted that sometimes women are blamed, especially when cases are reported months later.
She said some cases were detected only after leaving Sudan or after their condition worsened. Al-Karib confirmed that they were not communicating with any of the warring parties and that the evacuation of victims was the responsibility of authorized entities such as the Red Crescent and Red Cross. They relied on the generosity, volunteerism and service delivery of Sudanese people.
In April 2023, the conflict in Sudan broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) led by Abdel Fattah Burhan and the RSF loyal to General Mohammed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo.
The United Nations estimates that the war has killed at least 14,000 people and displaced more than 10 million.
The war has created one of the worst humanitarian situations in the world, with 756,000 people in Sudan expected to face “catastrophic food shortages” by September.
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