UN says children raped as weapon of war in Sudan

The use of rape as a weapon of war has once again been uncovered in the midst of a major conflict. Investigators for the UN children's agency UNICEF say hundreds of little girls and boys, some not even a year old and more than a dozen under the age of five, have been sexually abused by armed men in Sudan's civil war. Both the army and RSF paramilitaries have been accused of the atrocities, adding a horrific new dimension to a brutal conflict that has claimed tens of thousands of lives since April 2023. 

Mar 5, 2025 - 07:00
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UN says children raped as weapon of war in Sudan
The use of rape as a weapon of war has once again been uncovered in the midst of a major conflict. Investigators for the UN children's agency UNICEF say hundreds of little girls and boys, some not even a year old and more than a dozen under the age of five, have been sexually abused by armed men in Sudan's civil war. Both the army and RSF paramilitaries have been accused of the atrocities, adding a horrific new dimension to a brutal conflict that has claimed tens of thousands of lives since April 2023. 

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