Survivors Fight to Heal From Rampant Sexual Violence in the War-Torn Sudan

Survivors fight to heal from rampant sexual violence in the war-torn Sudan

Thousands of Sudanese women have suffered systematic sexual violence — including rape, forced marriage, and slavery — at the hands of the RSF since war erupted in 2023; in Port Sudan, a group is offering survivors trauma counselling, medical aid, legal advice, and and even vocational training

Survivors fight to heal from rampant sexual violence in war-torn Sudan

When a fighter from Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) stormed into Aisha’s family home in Khartoum and gave her a grim ultimatum — marry him or watch her father die — she didn’t think twice. She signed away her freedom, “terrified for my father’s life,” she told AFP. For a year, the 22-year-old was trapped alone in a house just streets away from her family where she was raped, regularly beaten and eventually suffered a miscarriage.…