KHARTOUM: Sudan summoned the head of the UN-African Mission in Darfur (UNMAID) yesterday over reports government troops had carried out a mass rape in the war-torn region, a foreign ministry official said.
UNAMID said in an internal report this week that the Sudanese military had sought to intimidate villagers to suppress allegations that over 200 women and girls were raped.
It has reported finding no evidence of last month’s alleged rape during a visit to the area.
“We summoned the chief of UNAMID to clarify the situation and I told him the general prosecutor in Darfur is carrying out an investigation” into the rape claims and the source of the reports, said Abdullah Al Azraq, Under-Secretary for the Foreign Minister. The Sudanese government has repeatedly denied its troops carried out the alleged rapes. UNAMID did not comment on whether its Acting Head Abiodun Oluremi Bashua had been summoned. AFP
