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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Fatma Khaled

More than 200 children were raped in Sudan since the beginning of 2024, UN children's agency says

Sudan Child Rape - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Children in conflict-ravaged Sudan as young as a year old have been raped since the beginning of 2024, according to the U.N. children's agency Tuesday, which said sexual violence is being used as a tactic of war.

UNICEF said 221 children, including boys, were raped by armed men, according to records compiled by gender-based violence service providers in the North African nation.

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