According to a new report from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UN) Children’s Agency, armed forces in Sudan’s ongoing civil war are causing systemic violence against young children.
The UNICEF report, released on Tuesday, March 4, said at least 221 cases of child rape have been recorded since early 2024, and 77 cases of sexual assault against children have been reported.
The report said four-year-olds survived the sexual assault, while the other 12 survivors were children under the age of 5. Among rape survivors, 66% were girls and 33% were boys.
UNICEF said data compiled by Sudan’s gender-based violence service providers represent only a “small portion” of total child rape cases, noting that survivors, their families and even frontline workers are often reluctant or unable to report around accessing services, cultural stigma, and challenges to suffering from the responsibility of the armored group.
The report details first-hand records of sexual violence against children from December 2024 to January 2025, and found that while fleeing danger, children were sexually abused while fleeing danger, against their will or in detention, sometimes in exchange for food or other basic supplies.
Sudan was caught by the war for nearly two years because he was loyal to the two generals competing for control of the country’s forces.
General – Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, leader of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), and Hamdan Dagalo (also known as Hemedti) of Mohammed, heads of the Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), are in charge of the heads of the Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in a group that still comes from thousands, competes in a country in a group, and in a group that still has more.
Since April 2023, more than 28,700 people have been killed according to the armed conflict location and incident data plan.
