Doctor reports 11 rape cases in RSF-held Bara

November 6, 2025 (BARA) – A doctor in the preliminary committee of the Sudan Doctors Syndicate revealed on Thursday that 11 women who were raped in Bara, North Kordofan state, had been transferred to the hospital.

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took control of Bara on October 25 and quickly launched retaliatory campaigns against civilians, including killing, humiliation, sexual violence, and displacement.

Adeeba Ibrahim al-Sayed, an internal medicine and epidemiology specialist and a member of the preliminary committee’s Omdurman branch, told Sudan Tribune, “RSF elements in Bara raped 11 women.”

She noted that the women who were raped were transferred to El Obeid Hospital for treatment.

On October 30, the Ministry of Health announced that 12 medical staff members were killed in Bara by RSF gunfire. Meanwhile, the Emergency Lawyers group stated that the force’s violations in the area included mass killings, arrest campaigns, looting, and vandalism.

In a separate context, al-Sayed warned of the danger of the widespread outbreak of measles, mumps, and German measles among children and adults in Khartoum state.

She pointed out that the preliminary committee had registered 354 cases of mumps, 212 cases of measles, and 165 cases of rubella (also known as German measles).

Al-Sayed spoke about the challenges facing hospitals and health centres, including patient overcrowding, a lack of medicine, shortages of medical staff, and poor conditions in the facilities.

She appealed to the Ministry of Health to urgently improve conditions, provide medicine, and reduce hospital fees. She also called on international and voluntary health organizations to intervene and mitigate the severity of these outbreaks to save patients.

The Ministry of Health has been working to reactivate medical facilities that were widely destroyed during the RSF’s control of Khartoum. This is part of a broader government effort to rebuild infrastructure and facilitate the return of citizens.