Some of the survivors cited by UNICEF say they fell pregnant as a result of the assaults, resulting in rejection by relatives and additional hardships.One woman who was held in captivity with other women and girls was quoted saying,

Armed forces in Sudan’s civil war are perpetrating systematic sexual violence against young children, with one-year-olds the youngest survivors of rape, according to a new report from UNICEF, the United Nations’ (UN) children’s agency.

A report issued by UNICEF investigators described horrific abuses, affecting children as young as 1 year old, in the civil war in Sudan.

Report says rape is ‘being used as a tactic of war’ in violation of international law and and laws protecting children.

Additionally, Reuters highlighted an alarming rate of the sexual violence; 16 of these survivors are under the age of five, including four one-year-olds.

The security condition in Sudan has deteriorated after the war between the military and its rival paramilitary, Rapid Support Forces, broke out in 2021.

Children as young as one being raped by armed men should shock anyone to their core and compel immediate action,' says UNICEF Executive Director Russell - Anadolu Ajansı

The first detailed account of the impact of rape on children by the UN agency documented over 200 rape cases against children in 2024

The U.N. children’s agency says children in conflict-ravaged Sudan as young as a year old have been raped since the beginning of 2024 and that sexual violence is being used as a tactic of war.

are among victims of sexual violence in the war between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), according to findings shared on Tuesday by U.N. children's agency UNICEF.

are among victims of sexual violence in the war between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), according to findings shared today by UN children’s agency Unicef.