Quote:Aid groups report gang-rapes with some women being held over days after fleeing El Fasher, in which at least 60,000 are thought killed

Quote:More than fifty children were raped by Sudan’s paramilitary forces as they fled the fallen city of El Fasher, aid workers have said.

Six weeks after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) overran the city in North Darfur, experts estimate at least 60,000 people have been killed – making it by far the worst single atrocity in Sudan’s nearly three-year civil war.

Medical workers told local media that 54 children were raped or sexually assaulted while escaping towards Tawila, some 25 miles west of El Fasher. They didn’t provide further details.

Another group, the Sudanese Doctor’s Network, said at least 19 women were raped as they fled north towards al-Dabba. Two victims are now pregnant and receiving medical care at a nearby displacement camp, they said.