UN says children as young as 1 raped in Sudan

More than 200 children were raped in Sudan since the beginning of 2024, UN children's agency says
Children in conflict-ravaged Sudan as young as a year old have been raped since the beginning of 2024, according to the U.N. children's agency Tuesday, which said sexual violence is being used as a tactic of war.
One-year-olds among those raped during Sudan civil war, UN says
Armed men are raping and sexually assaulting children as young as one during Sudan's civil war, says the UN children's agency, Unicef. Mass sexual violence has been widely documented as a weapon of war in the country's nearly two-year conflict.
UN says children as young as one raped in Sudan
Children as young as one have been raped by armed men during the conflict in Sudan, the UN said, condemning it as a horror that should "shock anyone to their core".
Infants as Young as One Raped in Sudan, UNICEF Says
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,
Infants and young children are being raped as a weapon of war in Sudan, UNICEF says
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.
UNICEF says children as young as one raped during Sudan civil war
Armed men are raping and sexually assaulting children, including infants as young as one, amid the nationwide conflict rippling across Sudan, said UNICEF.
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