A Sudanese rights activist asserts that sexual violence against women has evolved into a deliberate strategy amid the civil war that commenced in April.
According to Hala al-Karib, head of the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa, 70% of recorded incidents of sexual violence involve gang rapes. She highlights that the deliberate targeting of women and girls has tragically become a routine aspect of daily life.
During an interview on the BBC’s Newsday radio program, she mentioned that both the military and the opposing factions are using rape as a weapon.
Feuding tribes and militia groups in Sudan employ this tactic deliberately to instill fear in communities since the start of the deadly conflict.
A conference convened in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, aims to spotlight the repercussions of the Sudanese war specifically on women.
