Sudan militiamen use rape as weapon of war
The Janjaweed militiamen sometimes torture women and break their limbs to prevent them from escaping rape, abductions and sexual slavery, Amnesty International stated in its report: Sudan, Rape as a weapon of war in Darfur.
Tens of thousands of people have been killed and more than a million of Darfur's 6.7 million have fled their homes in the face of attacks by the Janjaweed or "men on horseback" in the local dialect who allegedly are backed by Sudan's government.
