The investigation by the Centre for Information Resilience tracks both Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces leadership during documented incidents of sexual violence. Investigators matched officer locations to severe abuses, including mass rapes at el-Fasher University, the Saudi Hospital, and along escape routes during an October 2025 offensive. Additionally, commanders shifting allegiances during the war were placed at sites where violations occurred, including a Wad Madani base where seven women were attacked on a single day. The project demonstrates operational command oversight across multiple conflict zones without asserting that every individual officer directly mandated th…
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Command tracking links top leaders to sites of mass sexual violence without directly prov…: Command tracking links top leaders to sites of mass sexual violence without directly proving they ordered individual rapes.
Multiple factions, including the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces, had…: Multiple factions, including the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces, had leadership stationed near documented atrocities.
United Nations documentation confirmed gang rapes took place at medical and educational f…: United Nations documentation confirmed gang rapes took place at medical and educational facilities during regional offensives.
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Investigative unit CIR identifies 25 commanders present at five sites during periods of reported sexual violence.
On the day the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) entered el-Fasher in October 2025, a video posted on TikTok showed one of the paramilitary group’s commanders addressing fighters. She appeared to be encouraging fighters to rape women in Sudan’s Northern State, hundreds of kilometres from el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur.
“The Northern State? You’ll just go for its women, so you cleanse their lineage and bring [brave] sons just like you.”
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The speaker was Khademallah Khashmin Herika, also known as Shiraz Khalid, a major commanding the RSF’s female contingent, according to the Centre for Information Resilience (CIR).
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