AFRICA/SUDAN - Child abuse in the capital increases

Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Sudanese Ministry of Health expressed its concern regarding the increase in cases of sexual abuse against minors in the state of Khartoum. The victims are in particular school children. According to a study carried out by the Ministry of Health, there has been a significant increase in mental health disorders among students in the schools in Khartoum this year. It also showed that many children were sexually molested or raped at home. Also suicides and other violent deaths among women and children in Sudan have increased.
According to a teacher of Lubaba Basic School, in the district of El Nasir, 11 school children were abused at home, 6 are now pregnant. In July 2015, El Jareeda newspaper had published a report on child sexual abuse, particularly in the outlying districts of the capital of Sudan, where there are no police stations and where most of the residents are displaced from the areas of war.
A statement by the President of the National Union of the mentally disabled highlights that, in 2014 and early 2015, more than 3,500 cases of sexual abuse against children were recorded. However, the crimes reported to the police account for less than 5% of the actual cases. (AP) (Agenzia Fides 23/12/2015)

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