Khartoum — A surge in documented sexual violence across North and South Darfur has exposed women and girls to assault in farms, markets and displacement camps far from active fighting, Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF) said Tuesday.
Between January 2024 and November 2025, at least 3,396 survivors received medical care through MSF-supported clinics, with 97 percent being female. The agency warns the figure “represents only a fraction” of incidents because insecurity and stigma block many from seeking help.
Testimonies collected for the report, titled “There is Something I Want to tell you…”, attribute the majority of attacks to Rapid Support Forces (RSF) soldiers and allied militias. In one month alone—December 2025 to January 2026—MSF teams registered 732 new survivors around the Tawila camps, citing crowded shelters and unsafe water points as added risks.
Children comprise one — fifth of those treated in South Darfur, including 41 under the age of five. MSF is urging all parties to the conflict to halt sexual violence and guarantee unimpeded access to medical and protection services.
Source: reliefweb
