Women Biggest Losers in Sudan Conflict, UN Study Reveals
Hundreds of women displaced by recent inter-communal fighting in the Al Geneina town of West Darfur are suffering from anxiety and depression as they shoulder the responsibility of caring for their families without husbands, say women's rights activists in Sudan's western region. The fighting that erupted in April, 2021 left more than 200 people dead and more than 200 others wounded. Thousands of families have been sheltering in government buildings, schools and mosques in overcrowded conditions with limited access to proper sanitation, according to Sumeya Musa, a women's advocate with the local NGO, Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa.
As if that's not enough, the deteriorating economic conditions since 2020 and the Covid-19 pandemic have fuelled an increase in domestic violence and forced marriage in Sudan, a UN-backed study has revealed. Voices from Sudan 2020 is the first-ever nationwide qualitative assessment of gender-based violence in the country, where a transitional government is now in its second year.
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Sudan:
West Darfur Women Suffer Depression After Deadly Fighting - Activists
VOA, 20 July 2021
Hundreds of women displaced by recent inter-communal fighting in the Al Geneina town of West Darfur are suffering from anxiety and depression as they shoulder the responsibility of… Read more »
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Sudan:
Domestic Violence, Forced Marriage Have Risen - UN-Backed Study
UN News, 19 July 2021
Deteriorating economic conditions since 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic have fuelled an increase in domestic violence and forced marriage in Sudan, a UN-backed study has revealed. Read more »
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Sudan:
West Darfur Displaced Question IOM Figures On Returnees
Dabanga, 5 July 2021
The Association of Displaced Persons and Refugees have questioned figures published by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), asserting that about 44,500 people… Read more »
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Sudan:
IOM - 44,000+ Displaced By El Geneina Violence Have Returned Home
Dabanga, 2 July 2021
About 44,500 people displaced since the beginning of 2021 from various locations in and around El Geneina, West Darfur, due to insecurity and violence, have returned to their… Read more »
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Sudan:
West Darfur Doctors Committee - 12 Dead and 15 Wounded in Latest Violence in Kereinik and Jebel Moon
Dabanga, 8 July 2021
The West Darfur State Doctors Committee said that the number of victims of the tribal violence in the Kereinik and Jebel Moon localities now amounted to 12 dead and 15 wounded.… Read more »
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Sudan:
20+ Dead in West Darfur Cashes
Dabanga, 6 July 2021
The death toll from four days of tribal clashes in the villages of Sirba locality in West Darfur has risen to more than 20 dead and dozens wounded. Callers from the locality told… Read more »
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Sudan:
West Darfur Capital El Geneina Declared Disaster Area
Dabanga, 21 April 2021
The wali (governor) of West Darfur, declared the city of El Geneina a disaster area on Tuesday, and opened the door for organisations to provide health and water services. Wali… Read more »
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Voices From Sudan 2020.