Sudan: In El Obeid, Sudanese Women Face Drones By Day, Rape By Night, to Reach Water

In El Obeid, women and girls now face an impossible choice over something as basic as a bucket of water: risk a drone strike by collecting it in daylight, or risk rape by waiting until dark.

Gender equality agency UN Women sounded the alarm this week over what it called a “dual terror” gripping the North Kordofan capital.

“In El Obeid, Sudan, drone attacks during the day and sexual violence at night have left no safe window for women and girls to collect water,” said Anna Mutavati, UN Women’s…