Sudan’s civil war grows more brutal as UN details horrific sexual violence

Soldiers from Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have been accused of committing sexual violence on a "staggering" scale by the United Nations. AP - Hussein Malla

Sudan’s brutal civil war shows no signs of slowing, with reports of escalating atrocities and rampant sexual violence threatening to destroy entire communities. Harrowing accounts from a UN report detail widespread abuses, with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) implicated in a surge of attacks targeting women and children.

The report, released this week by the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission, exposes the alarming scale of sexual violence gripping Sudan’s 18-month-old conflict.