A outstanding Sudanese physician’s group has accused the paramilitary Fast Assist Forces (RSF) of raping not less than 19 girls as they fled town of el-Fasher in Darfur.
The Sudan Docs Community stated in an announcement on Sunday that it documented the rapes amongst girls who had fled to the city of al-Dabba within the neighbouring Northern State.
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Two of the ladies have been pregnant, the group stated.
“The Sudan Docs Community strongly condemns the gang rape being perpetrated by the RSF towards girls escaping the horrors of El-Fasher, affirming that it constitutes a direct focusing on of girls in a blatant violation of all worldwide legal guidelines that criminalise the usage of girls’s our bodies as a weapon of oppression,” the group wrote on X.
Sudan Docs Community: We’ve got documented 19 instances of rape dedicated by the Fast Assist Forces, together with two pregnant girls, at Al-Afad Camp in Al-Dabba
The Sudan Docs Community staff at Al-Afad Camp in Al-Dabba has documented the rape of 19 girls whereas they have been fleeing from… pic.twitter.com/u5qWp4bdSD
— Sudan Docs Community – شبكة أطباء السودان (@SDN154) December 7, 2025
Sudan has been engulfed in civil battle since April 2023, when combating erupted between the Sudanese military and the paramilitary RSF. The battle has killed tens of 1000’s of individuals and displaced greater than 12 million, in line with the United Nations. It has additionally left some 30 million in want of humanitarian support.
The RSF took town of el-Fasher, the capital of the state of North Darfur, in October after an 18-month marketing campaign of siege and hunger. The town was the Sudanese military’s final stronghold within the area.
Survivors who fled town within the subsequent days recounted mass killings, rape, pillaging and different atrocities, prompting a world outcry.
Amnesty Worldwide has accused the RSF of “battle crimes”, whereas the UN Human Rights Council has ordered an investigation into the abuses in el-Fasher. Officers who visited Darfur and spoke to survivors described the area as an “absolute horror show” and a “crime scene”.
Widespread sexual assault
Mohammed Elsheikh, a spokesperson for the Sudan Docs Community, informed Al Jazeera on Sunday that he was “100% certain” that sexual violence dedicated by RSF fighters is much extra widespread than reported.
“As a result of many of the communities have a look at it as a stigma, many of the raped girls have a tendency to not disclose this info,” he stated.
Elsheikh stated the community had additionally documented 23 instances of rape amongst girls who fled el-Fasher for the close by city of Tawila.
“Sadly, the age of those raped victims varies from 15 years to 23 years previous,” he stated.
In its assertion, the Sudan Docs Community urged the worldwide neighborhood to take pressing motion to guard Sudanese girls and ladies.
It additionally known as for “critical stress on RSF leaders to right away cease these assaults, respect worldwide humanitarian legislation, and safe protected corridors for ladies and youngsters”.
The newest accusations got here amid a rising outcry over one other RSF assault on a pre-school within the state of South Kordofan that native officers stated killed not less than 116 individuals. Some 46 of the victims have been kids, in line with the officers.
On Sunday, Justice Minister Abdullah Dirife stated Khartoum was keen to pursue political talks geared toward ending the battle, however insisted that any settlement should “guarantee there isn’t a presence for ‘terrorist’ militias in each the political and army arenas”.
Chatting with Al Jazeera on the sidelines of the Doha Discussion board, he stated the rebels “must agree to provide their weapons in particular areas and depart all these cities, and the police ought to take over”.
Dirife additionally known as for placing a cease to the “switch of weapons and the infiltration of mercenaries into Sudan” and claimed that fighters and arms have been getting into from areas together with South America, Chad and the UAE.
The RSF presently holds all 5 states of Darfur, whereas the Sudanese military retains management of many of the remaining 13 states, together with Khartoum.
Dirife additionally accused the RSF of repeatedly breaking previous commitments to stick to regional and international mediation initiatives.
“The final initiative we signed was the Jeddah Declaration. Nonetheless, this militia didn’t decide to what we agreed on,” he stated in Doha.
The Jeddah Declaration – brokered by the USA and Saudi Arabia in Could 2023 – was meant to guard civilians and lay the groundwork for humanitarian entry. A number of ceasefires adopted, however either side have been accused of violating them, prompting the mediators to droop talks.
The UN has in the meantime formally declared famine in el-Fasher and Kaduguli in South Kordofan and warned of the danger of a starvation disaster in 20 extra areas throughout the Better Darfur and Better Kordofan areas.
The World Meals Programme’s Deputy Govt Director Carl Skau informed Al Jazeera on Sunday that the company was offering support to 5 million individuals, together with two million in areas which can be tough to succeed in, however warned that help has fallen far in need of wants.
“World consideration must be on Sudan now, and diplomatic efforts have to be stepped up to be able to stop the identical catastrophe we noticed in el-Fasher,” he stated.
