Young woman abducted, raped in West Darfur

A 17-year-old displaced woman was kidnapped and raped east of Sirba town, West Darfur, on Saturday. The spokesman for the Sirba camps reported the incident to Radio Dabanga. He said that two members of a pro-government militia attacked the girl in the afternoon as she was working on one of the farms near the camps. They abducted her to Arafa area, where they and other militiamen raped her. The spokesman said that they found the victim in Arafa afterwards. “We brought her to Sirba hospital, where they decided to transfer her to a hospital in El Geneina.” File photo: A farming girl in Gireida, South Darfur, during the rainy season. Displaced women usually farm the lands surround their camp, and let men work in further areas, in order to avoid robberies and rape (Unamid) Related: Murder, gang-rape in West Darfur’s Sirba locality (15 September 2014)

A 17-year-old displaced woman was kidnapped and raped east of Sirba town, West Darfur, on Saturday.

The spokesman for the Sirba camps reported the incident to Radio Dabanga. He said that two members of a pro-government militia attacked the girl in the afternoon as she was working on one of the farms near the camps. They abducted her to Arafa area, where they and other militiamen raped her.

The spokesman said that they found the victim in Arafa afterwards. “We brought her to Sirba hospital, where they decided to transfer her to a hospital in El Geneina.”

File photo: A farming girl in Gireida, South Darfur, during the rainy season. Displaced women usually farm the lands surround their camp, and let men work in further areas, in order to avoid robberies and rape (Unamid)

Related: Murder, gang-rape in West Darfur’s Sirba locality (15 September 2014)