Sudan, War and rape

Hundreds of Children Are Among the Rape Victims of Sudan’s War, U.N. Says
A report issued by UNICEF investigators described horrific abuses, affecting children as young as 1 year old, in the civil war in Sudan.
Infants and young children are being raped as a weapon of war in Sudan, UNICEF says
Armed forces in Sudan’s civil war are perpetrating systematic sexual violence against young children, with one-year-olds the youngest survivors of rape, according to a new report from UNICEF, the United Nations’ (UN) children’s agency.
More than 200 children were raped in Sudan since the beginning of 2024, UN children’s agency says
The U.N. children’s agency says children in conflict-ravaged Sudan as young as a year old have been raped since the beginning of 2024 and that sexual violence is being used as a tactic of war.
One-year-olds among those raped during Sudan civil war, UN says
Armed men are raping and sexually assaulting children as young as one during Sudan's civil war, says the UN children's agency, Unicef. So traumatised are the survivors that some say they have attempted to end their lives. Mass sexual violence has been widely documented as a weapon of war in the country's nearly two-year conflict.
Infants as Young as One Raped in Sudan, UNICEF Says
Some of the survivors cited by UNICEF say they fell pregnant as a result of the assaults, resulting in rejection by relatives and additional hardships. One woman who was held in captivity with other women and girls was quoted saying,
Infants as young as one among victims of sexual violence in Sudan: UNICEF
A database compiled by Sudan-based groups aiding sexual violence survivours recorded 221 child cases since last year, the UN agency reported.
UNICEF says children as young as one raped during Sudan civil war
Armed men are raping and sexually assaulting children, including infants as young as one, amid the nationwide conflict rippling across Sudan, said UNICEF.

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