Sudan’s Silent Screams, by Tony W. Njoroge – September 2026

From Liberties

The war in Sudan entered its fourth year on April 15, 2026, one chapter in a long series that has spanned decades. This particular war is a violent power struggle between two military factions: the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). They are fighting for control over state resources and governance. The SAF is led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, while the RSF is led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, commonly known as Hemedti. Both the SAF and RSF have been accused of crimes against humanity in this protracted war that has no clear victor. Ten million people have been displaced. Over 150,000 have died.

Deaths and displacements are not the only disturbing feature of this war. The battle is also being fought on the bodies of the Sudanese women and girls. But sexual violence did not start with the current conflict. Sudan has a long history with these particular crimes.

For decades I have watched Sudanese refugees trudge into Kenya. Ten years ago I taught in a school in Lokichogio, a small Kenyan town on the border with Sudan. Almost half of the students in the school were Sudanese refugees. Due to the border dispute and oil sharing disagreements between Sudan and South Sudan (2011–2016). Their stories of home reeked of inexpressible horrors and their bodies bore marks of machetes, burns, whips, and shrapnel.

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Tony W. Njoroge is a Kenyan writer. He is an English and Literature graduate from Laikipia University, Kenya.

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