Sudan's civil war, now in its fourth year, has been described by the UN as the world's worst humanitarian crisis for women and girls. Sexual violence has reportedly been used as a weapon of war, notably by paramilitaries fighting the Sudanese army. RFI hears from women who have suffered or witnessed "indescribable" violence.
Twenty-year-old Sarah – not her real name – wears a pink floral headscarf. Her eyes fill with tears as she recounts how the war tore her family apart in her home town of Nyala in Darfur: bodies in the streets, harassment by soldiers from both sides, water and food running out within the first week.
