Sudan's Rapid Support Forces Abduct and Detain Over 100 Women and Girls During Takeover of Babanusa

Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are reported to be holding more than 100 women and girls seized during the RSF takeover of Babanusa, according to the Sudan Doctors Network and cited by AL24 News.

“The humanitarian situation in Sudan is worsening, with reports of women and children being detained and rising numbers of displaced people”

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The network said the detainees include 29 teenage girls and 73 women who were moved to El-Muglad and lack basic food, medical and psychological care.

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The Sudan Doctors Network called the detentions a blatant violation of international humanitarian law and warned of serious health risks and possible epidemics.

Al-Jazeera situates this incident within the broader war that began in April 2023 between the army and the RSF and documents widespread violence across Darfur and Kordofan.

The conflict has killed tens of thousands and displaced about 13 million people, showing the abductions as part of a larger pattern of mass displacement and territorial seizures.

Together these accounts link the specific abductions in Babanusa to a wider campaign of RSF territorial advances and a humanitarian crisis across Sudan.

AL24 highlights urgent health and legal concerns regarding detainees in Sudan.

The Sudan Doctors Network warned of serious health risks and possible epidemics among detainees and described the detentions as prohibited under international humanitarian law.

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It also stressed the particular vulnerability of women and children who are being used as leverage in armed conflict.

Al-Jazeera reports alleged large-scale abuses elsewhere, citing the assault on El Fasher that drew accusations of massacres.

Al-Jazeera also reports that RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti) acknowledged excesses and announced investigative committees.

Together, the two sources show calls for legal and medical protection for those detained alongside a public RSF acknowledgement of violent excesses in Darfur.

Al-Jazeera provides operational and geographic details that are not present in the AL24 snippet.

“The humanitarian situation in Sudan is worsening, with reports of women and children being detained and rising numbers of displaced people”

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It reports that the RSF seized the far-west North Darfur towns of Ambro and Abu Qamra, putting most of Darfur under RSF control.

Al-Jazeera also notes that after capturing El Fasher on 26 October the RSF sought to dominate North Darfur.

AL24's reporting, by contrast, is narrowly focused on the Babanusa abductions and the detainees' immediate needs and legal status, and does not list the specific towns seized or the detailed map of control in Darfur.

Together the sources therefore combine specific humanitarian reporting with regional military developments that explain how such detentions can occur amid territorial gains.

AL24 stresses immediate humanitarian, medical and legal implications of the detentions in El‑Muglad and warns of potential epidemics.

Al‑Jazeera emphasizes broader consequences of RSF territorial control, reporting "large new displacements" across Kordofan and Darfur and citing UN figures of tens of thousands killed and about 13 million displaced.

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Both sources therefore convey a high‑severity picture, but AL24 foregrounds detained women and girls with international‑law language while Al‑Jazeera highlights mass displacement, alleged massacres and the RSF’s consolidating power.

Only these two source snippets were provided for this assignment, so cross‑source comparison is limited to their content.