Sudan conflict: Sexual violence against women spikes

Sudan’s Gender Based Violence Unit has documented nearly 90 cases of sexual assault and rape of women and girls since fighting erupted in April between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces.

Sulima Ishaq Sharif, a prominent human rights defender in the North African country, told DW that there’s a much larger number of cases going unreported.

“We know that so many atrocities have been committed in the civilian population, but we don’t have all of the…