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November 4, 2024

More Accounts from Sudan of Rape Being Used as Weapon of War, Genocide
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The Sudanese Doctors' Union says fighters for the paramilitary Rapid
Support Forces raped at least 47 people, including three minors, in the
eastern Al Jazirah state as part of a retaliation campaign against the
Sudanese army. An 11-year-old girl died from her bleeding.

This comes amid a spate of recent reports on widespread sexual assault
as the devastating civil war in Sudan rages on. A U.N. report has
accused militia fighters of using rape as part of a genocidal campaign
in Darfur to eliminate non-Arab ethnic groups like the Masalit. One
survivor said her attacker told her, "We will make you give birth to
Arab children." Aid groups are reporting an increase in suicides among
rape survivors and women who fear being raped.


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