The international medical organization Doctors Without Borders (MSF) released a report on Tuesday detailing thousands of cases of sexual violence in Sudan’s North and South Darfur regions amid the country’s ongoing conflict. The report states that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias were identified as the primary perpetrators of the assaults documented by the organization.
The report, titled “There is Something I Want to Tell You…,” is based on data from MSF-supported health facilities. Between January 2024 and November 2025, the organization provided care to 3,396 survivors of sexual violence in just two of Sudan’s 18 states. MSF noted that this figure represents only those who were able to seek treatment and that the full scope of the issue remains unknown.
According to the report, women and girls accounted for 97 percent of the survivors treated in MSF programs. The organization also documented that one in five survivors treated in South Darfur was under the age of 18, including 41 children younger than five.
“Sexual violence is a defining feature of this conflict – not confined to front lines, but pervasive across communities,” Ruth Kauffman, MSF emergency health manager, said in a statement accompanying the report. “This war is being fought on the backs and bodies of women and girls.”
The report includes testimony from survivors, such as an 18-year-old woman identified by the pseudonym Hanaan. She stated she was assaulted by four men affiliated with the RSF while walking in a camp for displaced people in South Darfur.
MSF documented a significant number of assaults following the RSF’s capture of el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, on Oct. 26, 2025. In the aftermath, the organization treated more than 140 survivors who had fled to the town of Tawila. The report found that 94 percent of those individuals were attacked by armed men, with many reporting assaults occurred along escape routes.
The report stated that assaults “deliberately targeted non-Arab communities as a means of humiliation and terror.” Survivors described attacks taking place in various settings, including during fighting and in daily locations such as fields, markets, and displacement camps.
In its conclusion, MSF called on the United Nations, donors, and humanitarian organizations to increase health and protection services in Darfur and across Sudan. The organization also called on all parties involved in the conflict to prevent sexual violence and to hold perpetrators accountable for their actions.
