sexual violence

Silent Cries: The Plight of Darfur’s Women and Girls In the tumultuous landscape of Sudan's Darfur region, an insidious crisis has emerged: the relentless specter of sexual violence. This alarming reality, underscored by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), reveals stories of terror with chilling regularity. Could safety ever be more elusive? Imagine a world where a child's innocence is shattered before reaching the age of comprehension. This is the grim reality for children as young as five in Darfur, recounting their own…

In the shadowy theater of Sudan’s ongoing conflict, unimaginable atrocities unfold—atrocities none could fathom until they become harrowing reality. Rarely do we confront such stark evidence of humanity's darkest instincts. Take a moment, if you will: Can you imagine children, even infants as young as one, caught in the vicious cycle of sexual violence? This chilling phenomenon, reported by UNICEF on Tuesday, is one of the bleakest narratives emerging from the clashing forces of Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid…

Sixty years after the Évian Accords ended Algeria's bloody war of independence, a look back at the role of women at this pivotal time. Professor Zahia Smail Salhi tells us how female combatants, informants and special agents played a key role in the National…

The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that it was investigating allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse of people who identified themselves as UN agency workers fighting Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The WHO said its management and staff were "furious" over recent reports of sexual abuse by people who said they worked for the UN health agency in the Ebola campaign in the DRC. "The actions allegedly taken by individuals who identify themselves as working for the WHO are unacceptable and will be…