Khartoum / Al Hamish’s Voice – September 25, 2025 – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) revealed that its medical teams provided healthcare and psychological support to more than 600 victims and survivors of sexual violence in North Darfur between April and August 2025, amid a sharp escalation in violations committed against civilians.
In a post on its official account on X, the organization reported that in August alone it treated 112 survivors, 85% of them from Al Fashir or Zamzam camp, with nearly a third under the age of 18. It confirmed that 97% of the perpetrators were armed men or non-civilians.
It added that between May and June there was a sharp surge in cases, with 302 victims recorded in just five weeks, including 113 consultations in a single week (June 8–14), following attacks on the Zamzam and Abu Shouk camps.
The organization noted that most of the victims were women and girls, including children, and explained that many of the assaults occurred as they attempted to flee Al Fashir toward Tawila.
For more than a year, the RSF have imposed a suffocating siege on Al Fashir, amid accusations of widespread abuses including systematic starvation, indiscriminate shelling, mass rape, and assaults against displaced people in camps such as Zamzam and Abu Shouk.
International human rights organizations have documented the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war to terrorize local communities and force them into displacement.
In its intervention at the United Nations General Assembly,MSF stressed that Sudan must not be forgotten, urging the international community to protect civilians, support survivors, and end impunity.
