The Sudanese government has denied reports that a mass rape took place in Darfur and denied access to a United Nations convoy attempting to visit the town.
Over 200 women and girls were reportedly raped in the town of Tabit last month.
Having denied access to a convoy of UN and African Union officials as part of the UNAMID peacekeeping mission to the area, Sudan's government instead released the results of their own investigation.
Sudan's U.N. Ambassador Rahamtalla Mohamed Osman Elnor told the UN Security Council that the government report found no physical proof of the rapes taking place, such as “victims' clothes drenched in blood, broken doors at houses of families in the area, injuries of some women or men.”
“This reassured us that no rape of any woman in the area of Tabit took place,” said Ahmed.
UN peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous told the Security Council that “only an independent investigation by UNAMID will address the concerns over these serious allegations.”
See our earlier post: Sudan denies UN access to alleged mass rape site (06 Nov 2014)
Over 200 women and girls were reportedly raped in the town of Tabit last month.
Having denied access to a convoy of UN and African Union officials as part of the UNAMID peacekeeping mission to the area, Sudan's government instead released the results of their own investigation.
Sudan's U.N. Ambassador Rahamtalla Mohamed Osman Elnor told the UN Security Council that the government report found no physical proof of the rapes taking place, such as “victims' clothes drenched in blood, broken doors at houses of families in the area, injuries of some women or men.”
“This reassured us that no rape of any woman in the area of Tabit took place,” said Ahmed.
UN peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous told the Security Council that “only an independent investigation by UNAMID will address the concerns over these serious allegations.”
See our earlier post: Sudan denies UN access to alleged mass rape site (06 Nov 2014)