Sudan group accuses RSF of raping 19 women who fled el-Fasher

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A salient Sudanese doctor’s radical has accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of raping astatine slightest 19 women arsenic they fled the metropolis of el-Fasher successful Darfur.

The Sudan Doctors Network said successful a connection connected Sunday that it documented the rapes among women who had fled to the municipality of al-Dabba successful the neighbouring Northern State.

Widespread intersexual assault

Mohammed Elsheikh, a spokesperson for the Sudan Doctors Network, told Al Jazeera connected Sunday that helium was “100 percent sure” that intersexual unit committed by RSF fighters is acold much wide than reported.

“Because astir of the communities look astatine it arsenic a stigma, astir of the raped women thin not to disclose this information,” helium said.

Elsheikh said the web had besides documented 23 cases of rape among women who fled el-Fasher for the adjacent municipality of Tawila.

“Unfortunately, the property of these raped victims varies from 15 years to 23 years old,” helium said.

In its statement, the Sudan Doctors Network urged the planetary assemblage to instrumentality urgent enactment to support Sudanese women and girls.

It besides called for “serious unit connected RSF leaders to instantly halt these assaults, respect planetary humanitarian law, and unafraid harmless corridors for women and children”.

The latest accusations came amid a increasing outcry implicit different RSF onslaught connected a pre-school successful the authorities of South Kordofan that section officials said killed astatine slightest 116 people. Some 46 of the victims were children, according to the officials.

On Sunday, Justice Minister Abdullah Dirife said Khartoum was consenting to prosecute governmental talks aimed astatine ending the conflict, but insisted that immoderate colony indispensable “ensure determination is nary beingness for ‘terrorist’ militias successful some the governmental and subject arenas”.

Speaking to Al Jazeera connected the sidelines of the Doha Forum, helium said the rebels “need to hold to springiness their weapons successful circumstantial areas and permission each these cities, and the constabulary should instrumentality over”.

Dirife besides called for putting a halt to the “transfer of weapons and the infiltration of mercenaries into Sudan” and claimed that fighters and arms were entering from regions including South America, Chad and the UAE.

The RSF presently holds each 5 states of Darfur, portion the Sudanese service retains power of astir of the remaining 13 states, including Khartoum.

Dirife besides accused the RSF of repeatedly breaking past commitments to adhere to determination and planetary mediation initiatives.

“The past inaugural we signed was the Jeddah Declaration. However, this militia didn’t perpetrate to what we agreed on,” helium said successful Doha.

The Jeddah Declaration – brokered by the United States and Saudi Arabia successful May 2023 – was meant to support civilians and laic the groundwork for humanitarian access. Several ceasefires followed, but some sides were accused of violating them, prompting the mediators to suspend talks.

The UN has meantime formally declared famine successful el-Fasher and Kaduguli successful South Kordofan and warned of the hazard of a hunger situation successful 20 further areas crossed the Greater Darfur and Greater Kordofan regions.

The World Food Programme’s Deputy Executive Director Carl Skau told Al Jazeera connected Sunday that the bureau was providing assistance to 5 cardinal people, including 2 cardinal successful areas that are hard to reach, but warned that assistance has fallen acold abbreviated of needs.

“World attraction needs to beryllium connected Sudan now, and diplomatic efforts request to beryllium stepped up successful bid to forestall the aforesaid catastrophe we saw successful el-Fasher,” helium said.

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