Sexual violence used as ‘weapon of war’ in Sudan conflict: UN report

Sexual violence has been systematically used as a “weapon of war” throughout Sudan’s conflict, with hundreds of verified cases representing only a fraction of the actual scale of abuses, according to a UN human rights report released Tuesday. The report by the UN Human Rights Office documented 546 incidents of conflict-related sexual violence across 16 of Sudan’s 18 states between the start of the conflict in April 2023 and mid-April 2026, affecting at least 838 victims, including 539 women, 284 girls, eight men and seven boys. The report said sexual violence has accompanied both the geographic spread of the conflict and displacement routes, and has been used to terrorize and traumatize civilians. “As I warned at the end of my […]