00:00Displaced women living in a camp in El Obeir in North Kodofan say they were raped by Rapid Support Forces,
00:08also known as RSF, in front of their children before fleeing.
00:13Sexual violence has been used as a weapon throughout Sudan's three-year war, with testimonies describing rape committed in front
00:20of family members alongside brutal physical abuse.
00:27My state of mind hasn't been at ease since that moment, and whenever I remember, I feel exhausted. I have
00:34so many things inside that I want to say, and my mind just isn't at peace.
00:42The number of women and girls needing gender-based violence services nationwide has quadrupled since the conflict began, the UN
00:50women said, reaching an estimate of 12.7 million in 2026.
00:59I decided to speak out because what happened to me has happened to many women during the war, especially in
01:07South Kodofan, the area we were displaced from.
01:12People there have suffered greatly, and since we came to El Obeid, we haven't been comfortable because of the constant
01:19struggle to find a livelihood for our children.
01:24Earlier this month, the UN fact-finding mission for Sudan warned that the parliamentary Rapid Support Forces appeared to be
01:31replicating tactics used in El Fashe by encircling El Obeid and attacking critical infrastructure, raising fear the city could face
01:39mass atrocities.
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