On the night of Oct. 25, in the turbulent hours following the announcement of a military takeover in Sudan by Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the coup leader, a group of forces wearing military uniforms stormed the central complex of Khartoum University including the dorms of female students. During the attack, young women were subjected to insults, beaten and forced to leave the dormitories, which were also looted.

One of the students who was at the scene on the night of the violent raid told a group of human rights organizations that students “were shocked by the soldiers’ carrying guns and sticks and beating us while looting our belongings." “They verbally abused us and ordered us to evacuate the dorms. We didn’t know where to go as the internet was cut off and we were not able to contact our families,” she said. “It was a night of horror.”

Just over three weeks later, on Nov. 17, conflict broke out in West Darfur’s locality Jebel Moon between Arab nomads and farmers from the Misseriya Jebel tribe, according to an initial report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. At least 43 people were killed, an unknown number were injured, 46 villages were left burned and looted, and over 4,300 people, who were directly affected, had to flee their homes.

During the attack on the village, women were separated from men and about 70 women and young girls were raped, Hala al-Karib, a Sudanese activist for women’s rights and the regional director of the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa, told Al-Monitor based on accounts of local activists. She said that following the brutal assault many of the women and girls who had been raped were stripped and forced to walk naked. The UN mission in Sudan also showed alarm at reports of rape against women and girls.