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'Not my son's fault': The women bearing the children of Sudan's war rapes

The Japan Times·Bahira Amin·20 days ago
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A Sudanese rape survivor holds her child conceived following the ordeal she suffered in the Sudanese capital during the civil war, at an apartment in Khartoum on April 25.

A Sudanese rape survivor holds her child conceived following the ordeal she suffered in the Sudanese capital during the civil war, at an apartment in Khartoum on April 25. | AFP-JIJI

Khartoum – The baby bouncing on Nesma's lap has his mother's smile and her curious eyes, but nothing she says of the three paramilitary fighters who gang raped her two years ago in Sudan's capital.

"I saw their faces. I remember them," the 26-year-old university graduate said.

Baby Yasser is one of thousands of children born to rape survivors in the three years of fighting between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

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