Medical sources revealed on Sunday that more than 400 women, including young girls, were subjected to sexual assaults during their displacement journey from the city of El Fasher to Tawila in North Darfur.
Hundreds of thousands displaced from El Fasher following its takeover by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in late October. This takeover was accompanied by widespread violations that a United Nations report described as reaching the level of genocide.
Doctors told Darfur24 that hospitals in Tawila documented at least 488 cases of sexual violence among women, coinciding with their flight from El Fasher during the RSF incursion into the city in late October.
A medical source at Tawila Hospital confirmed that “documented cases of sexual violence exceeded 400, including rape, gang rape, and torture, targeting women including minors.”
In a related context, a counselor within the psychological support teams of a human rights organization revealed that “Tawila is hosting hundreds of sexual violence victims who survived the events in El Fasher.”
