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This Happened — April 8: Alaa Salah Photo, Woman Power In Sudan Five Years Ago

This Happened — April 8: Alaa Salah Photo, Woman Power In Sudan Five Years Ago

Updated April 8, 2024 at 11:45 a.m. This famous picture taken during the Sudanese revolution in 2019 depicts Alaa Salah, a young Sudanese woman, standing on top of a car and leading a crowd of protesters. Who is Alaa Salah? Alaa Salah is a Sudanese student and activist who became an icon of the Sudanese […]

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Nubian Queen Revolt: Sudanese Women Fight Against The Use Of Rape As Weapon Of War

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Refugee women walk in the Gorom refugee settlement in South Sudan during German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock's visit on Jan. 26. Michael Kappeler/dpa via Zuma Press

Violence against women, including rape, has been widespread in the war in Sudan, especially in the western region of Darfur. Now the women who led the uprising that toppled Omar al-Bashir in April 2019 are fighting to stop wartime sexual violence.

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