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God1000(m): 10:15am On Mar 05
This is sad

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God1000(m): 10:14am On Mar 05


Armed men are raping and sexually assaulting children as young as one during Sudan's civil war, says the UN children's agency, Unicef.

So traumatised are the survivors that some say they have attempted to end their lives.

Mass sexual violence has been widely documented as a weapon of war in the country's nearly two-year conflict.

But Unicef's report is the first detailed about the impact of rape on young children in Sudan.

A third of the victims were boys, who typically face "unique challenges" in reporting such crimes and seeking the help they need.

Unicef says that, although 221 rape cases against children have been officially reported since the start of 2024, the true number is likely to be much higher.

Sudan is a socially conservative country where huge societal stigma stops survivors and their families from speaking out about rape, as does the fear of retribution from armed groups.

The Unicef report provides an appalling window into the abuse of children in the country's civil war.

Perhaps its most shocking revelation is that 16 of the victims were under the age of five years, including four infants.

Unicef does not say who is responsible, but other UN investigations have blamed the majority of rapes on the paramilitary Rapid Forces (RSF), saying RSF fighters had a pattern of using sexual violence to terrorise civilians and suppress opposition to their advances.

The RSF, which is fighting this war against its former allies, the Sudanese Armed Forces, has denied any wrongdoing.

"Children as young as one being raped by armed men should shock anyone to their core and compel immediate action," said Unicef executive director Catherine Russell.

"Millions of children in Sudan are at risk of rape and other forms of sexual violence, which is being used as a tactic of war. This is an abhorrent violation of international law and could constitute a war crime. It must stop."

According to evidence presented by international human rights groups, victims in the RSF's stronghold of Darfur were often targeted because they were black African rather than Arab, apparently with the aim of driving them out of Sudan.

The UN humanitarian response for Sudan is already underfunded. Recent cuts in US aid are expected to reduce programmes to help the victims even further.

Harrowing details in Unicef's report underscore the dire situation.

"After nine at night, someone opens the door, carrying a whip, selects one of the girls, and takes her to another room. I could hear the little girl crying and screaming. They were raping her," recalls Omnia (not her real name), an adult female survivor who was held by armed men in a room with other women and girls.

"Every time they raped her, this girl would come back covered in blood. She is still just a young child. They only release these girls at dawn, and they return almost unconscious. Each of them cries and speaks incoherently. During the 19 days I spent there, I reached a point where I wanted to end my life."

Unicef says the attacks included armed men storming homes and demanding that the girls be surrendered, raping some of them in front of their loved ones.

Victims were sometimes left with serious injuries and unwanted pregnancies.

In addition to the 221 rapes reported by Unicief were an additional 77 cases of sexual assault against children - mostly attempted rape.

As a fractured nation at war, Sudan is one of the most challenging places on earth to access services and frontline workers.

"The sheer scale of sexual violence we have documented in Sudan is staggering," said Mohamed Chande Othman, chair of the UN's fact-finding mission when its previous report was published in October.

The vast number of people displaced by the war has made women and children more vulnerable to attack – three out of four school-age girls are out of school, the UN says.

Trump government cuts end vital help

The devastating outcome of these crimes is aggravated by the fact that victims have few places to turn to for medical help, because many medical facilities have been destroyed, looted or occupied by the warring parties.

Recent US aid cuts may be endangering even the limited services available to protect children.

Unicef has been providing safe spaces for children through a network of local activists who have set up what are known as Emergency Response Rooms to deal with the crises in their communities.

The activists relied quite heavily on US aid, and most have been forced to shut down, according to a Sudanese coordinating committee that monitors them.

More broadly, the UN organization dedicated to protecting women's rights says local organisations led by women are vital in delivering to survivors of sexual violence. But they receive less than 2% of the total funding of the UN's Sudan Humanitarian Fund.

The BBC learned that at least one of these local groups, known as "She Leads", was forced to close when US funding was stopped.

It was not a big expense, measured in the tens of thousands of dollars, but enabled case workers to reach around 35 survivors a month, said Sulaima Elkhalifa, a Sudanese human rights defender who runs a government unit on combatting violence against woman and helped organize the private initiative.

Those who have been raped by armed men "don't have the luxury of being depressed," she told the BBC.

The demands of war – finding food, needing to flee – leave no space to deal with trauma, she added.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgpdxk853jo?

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God1000(m): 9:12am On Mar 05
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God1000(m): 9:12am On Mar 05
Happy birthday to him

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God1000(m): 7:50am On Mar 05
Happy birthday to him
God1000(m): 10:23pm On Mar 04
fergie001:
Just take out those two from up there..... You know them already!
sure bro
God1000(m): 7:26pm On Mar 04
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God1000(m): 5:20pm On Mar 04
Edmund Obilo anytime any day. A core professional.
Seun Okinbaloye follows.

Edmund is very bold, unbiased and a good Researcher, he's number one when it comes to investigative journalism and knowledge of history.

Though Most people don't know him due to his location but When you listen to him, you will fall in love with his program and splash FM.
God1000(m): 5:19pm On Mar 04
Edmund Obilo - Splash FM

Babajide Kolade-Otitoloju - TVC News

Seun Okinbaloye - Channels Television

Rufai Oseni - Arise News


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God1000(m): 6:37am On Mar 04
His intent all along, Putin got what he wanted. The meeting was a set up.

Is he going to suspend US military aid to Israel too?

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God1000(m): 7:10pm On Mar 03
This is nonsense, I cannot marry from such place

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God1000(m): 5:18pm On Mar 03
The best way to conquer USA without firing a single shot, AMAZING ISNT IT!


Putin is the smartest dictator of our time

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God1000(m): 5:18pm On Mar 03
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to halt offensive cyber operations and information operations against Russia, a U.S. official familiar with the matter said.

Hegseth gave the order to the head of the command, Air Force Gen. Tim Haugh, in late February, the official said. It is unclear clear how long the order will last.

A senior U.S. defense official declined to comment on the decision "due to operational security concerns."

“There is no greater priority to Secretary Hegseth than the safety of the Warfighter in all operations, to include the cyber domain,” the official told NBC News.

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which is housed in the Department of Homeland Security, said in a statement that its "mission is to defend against all cyber threats to U.S. Critical Infrastructure, including from Russia. There has been no change in our posture."

Representatives for U.S. Cyber Command did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Russian Embassy also did not immediately reply to a request for comment.

Hegseth's order was first reported by The Record.

President Donald Trump has sought to re-establish diplomatic channels with Russia in recent days, including by restoring embassy staffing, as his istration works to quickly end the war in Ukraine. U.S. officials initiated peace talks with Russian negotiators last month in Saudi Arabia.

Trump's relationship with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hit a standstill Friday after an Oval Office clash between Trump, Zelenskyy and Vice President JD Vance. Trump after the meeting chided Zelenskyy for his persistent criticism of Putin.

“He’s got to say I want to make peace," Trump said before he departed the White House on Friday. "He doesn’t have to stand there and say about 'Putin this, Putin that,' all negative things. He’s got to say I want to make peace. I don’t want to fight a war any longer.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-istration/defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-orders-halt-offensive-cyber-operations-rcna194435?

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God1000(m): 2:44pm On Mar 03
Zonefree:

She's a thief and should be treated as one. I'm surprised she's still breathing...waste of oxygen! Ugly looking female Nigerian crook!
we live in a civilized society governed by the rule of law

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God1000(m): 2:38pm On Mar 03
Zonefree:

Because she get breast and nyash? undecided
lol, it has nothing to do with that

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God1000(m): 2:34pm On Mar 03
Saga16:


I think the first issue here is stealing.
yeah, but it's best they hand her over to the police or civil defence

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God1000(m): 2:31pm On Mar 03
I don't people taking law into their own hands

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God1000(m): 2:29pm On Mar 03
A woman allegedly involved in a string of thêfts in Makurdi was caught today after attempting to stêal in Gyado Villa. Eye witnesses claim she has been using keys to gain access to students' rooms and steal valuables. After being caught, she was Injurêd and is currently at the risk of being lynched by angry mob.

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God1000(m): 4:46pm On Mar 01
Praying for their safe return, there's no security anywhere in this country

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God1000(m): 4:46pm On Mar 01
My nephew returned home yesterday from Joseph Sarwuan Tarkaa University formerly known as the federal university of agriculture Makurdi following the kidnapping of some female students within the school premises some days ago, their whereabouts remain unknown as security agents continue to search for them, students have been asked to stay at home for one week.

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God1000(m): 3:41pm On Mar 01
I salute zelensky for standing up to two bullies

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God1000(m): 9:41am On Mar 01
Vladimir Putin must be very happy seeing the west crumbling with the help of Donald trump.

The KGB agent at the white house is a total disgrace

Can he talk to Netanyahu like that?

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God1000(m): 9:41am On Mar 01
Russia has hailed President Donald Trump of the United States of America after his meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine in Washington on Friday.


Russia’s foreign ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova said Trump showed “restraint” by not hitting Zelensky during their shouting match in the White House.

“I think Zelensky’s biggest lie of all his lies was his assertion in the White House that the Kyiv regime in 2022 was alone, without ,” she wrote on Telegram.


How Trump and Vance held back from hitting that scumbag is a miracle of restraint,” she said.

Also on the visit, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who is now deputy head of Russia’s Security Council, described Zelensky as “insolent pig” who had received “a proper slap down in the Oval Office”.

Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, called the heated confrontation between Trump and Zelensky “historic”.

Dmitriev was one of Moscow’s negotiators in the Russian-American talks held on February 18 in Saudi Arabia — the first since Russia began its Ukraine offensive in 2022.

Zelenskyy met Trump in Washington on Friday to discuss issues surrounding the peace deal that would bring the war between Ukraine and Russia to an end.

Zelenskyy had on multiple occasions accused Trump of backing Russia and trying to do the biddings of President Vladimir Putin.

Recall that Trump had once described Zelenskyy as a dictator and did not evolve him in the peace talk meeting in Saudi Arabia earlier last month.

Ukrainian leader, Zelenskyy, has however, insisted that the war must not end on Russia’s and conditions.

https://dailypost.ng/2025/03/01/war-you-showed-restraint-by-not-hitting-scumbag-zelenskyy-russia-hails-trump/?

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God1000(m): 8:49am On Mar 01
Hmm, this drama go long oo

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God1000(m): 7:29pm On Feb 28
Donald trump should go to hell, he's a big embarrassment and a disgrace to his office, you don't talk to another president that way

I have never seen a President act so disrespectful to a President of another country in my life. zelensky should have walked out on him.

Trump is a vile bully, his behaviour was appalling, Zelenskyy has shown strength and dignity that trump could only dream of

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God1000(m): 7:05pm On Feb 28
Such balderdash and disgraceful behavior from Donald trump and JD Vance

Hold your ground Mr zelensky, He’s a con artist and a crook.

Don't sign a deal giving your minerals away, just Walk away instead

JD Vance is a bigger idiot than I initially thought

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God1000(m): 5:11pm On Feb 27
This is nonsense, where is Lagos state governor in all these?

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God1000(m): 3:08pm On Feb 27
Lanre1st:
Not that Obasa is good but if it's removal stands, Tinubu should be watching his back because those groups with governor that remove speaker without his consent will do more than that and believe they can do away with it
they don't need the consent of Tinubu before impeaching him if he has done something wrong
God1000(m): 10:42am On Feb 27
Xannadu:

The job of the heart is to pump blood, not to make logical decisions
Lol, whatever


Following your heart means listening to your intuition. The heart is more than just an instrument that pumps blood around your body.

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God1000(m): 10:23am On Feb 27
Your mom is disturbing you to marry because you are the first son but follow your heart, make sure you are ready before you do anything

As a man, you must plan well before you settle down

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God1000(m): 9:29am On Feb 27
OwoukoUrua:
First time I'm hearing of such school
It is former federal university of agriculture Makurdi known as uni-agric, the name has been changed

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