![]() Only weeks after the conflict began on April 15, the United Nations had already reported critical shortages of supplies for the clinical management of rape. Nearly 3 million people have been displaced internally and across borders by the conflict in Sudan Image: AP/picture alliance Victims of sexual violence are struggling to access services, such as medical care for any injuries, emergency contraception or medication that can stop HIV infection. "We know that so many atrocities have been committed in the civilian population, but we don't have all of the numbers," said Sharif. ![]() ![]() Sulima Ishaq Sharif, a prominent human rights defender in the Horn of Africa nation, told DW there's a much larger number of cases going unreported. 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. ![]()
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