One year after the Rapid Support Forces’ (RSF) seizure of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State in Sudan, survivors ...

Since April 12, 2025, the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) Network has closely followed the Rapid Support Forces’ (RSF) brutal attack on Zamzam Internally Displaced Persons ...

The production of this Annual Monitoring Report was developed under the Inclusive Governance for Peace Project: Promoting Young Women’s Meaningful Political Participation in South Sudan. This was ...

Thank you for the opportunity to brief you today. I am Hala Alkarib, a Sudanese woman, human rights defender, and regional director of the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA), ...

Rape and gang rape are among the most horrific atrocities being perpetrated as part of the war in Sudan, which has been ongoing for over a year. The violations have expanded from Khartoum, West, and ...

SIHA Network expresses deep devastation and outrage over the Rapid Support Forces’ (RSF) brutal attack on the Zamzam IDP Camp in North Darfur today, which killed over 112 civilians in just a few hours ...

We, the women’s and human rights activists, government actors, legal scholars, and religious leaders from Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Somaliland, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda, gathered in ...

Produced by Adala Project with the support of SIHA Network, this report documents grave human rights violations committed between April 2023 and January 2025 amidst the ongoing war in Sudan. It ...

This research paper highlights the roles and resilience of grassroots women’s groups in Sudan amid ongoing conflict. It focuses on the economic impact of looting, particularly in Khartoum, analyzing ...

SIHA Network presents: “More than Numbers – Report on the State of Violence Against Women and Girls in Sudan (2023-2025)” Victims and survivors in Sudan who are enduring sexual violence and other ...

“We Ran Through the Corpses, Escaping Death Only to Find It Waiting Ahead” We cannot remain silent while a genocide unfolds before our eyes. The humanitarian catastrophe devastating #Sudan, especially ...

This briefing paper aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the legal frameworks addressing sexual violence in Somalia and Somaliland. It also seeks to shed light on existing laws and the ...