Between 10 and 13 April 2025, intensified clashes between the warring parties in North

Darfur led to the takeover of Zamzam IDP Camp by RSF. Zamzam, Sudan’s largest IDP camp,

was home to over 400,000 civilians, many already enduring IPC Phase 5 (famine-like)

conditions. The conflict triggered one of the fastest and most severe displacement crises in

recent memory.

Rising Incidence of Sexual Violence Amid Displacement

Field reports indicate that sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) is a common issue on

the displacement journey from Zamzam to Tawila. Women and girls are leaving areas of

conflict and entering environments where they face insecurity, exposure, and trauma.

Tawila now accommodates:

• 72,792 women and girls of reproductive age, many of them heading households

with no income, no protection, and no voice—ripe targets for sexual exploitation and

abuse.

• 33,363 adolescent girls (ages 10–19) facing an extreme and immediate risk of rape,

forced marriage, trafficking, and survival sex.

With insufficient shelters, no privacy, and a severe lack of communal or household latrines,

women and girls are forced to relieve themselves in forests at night—turning basic human

needs into dangerous, life-threatening risks.

This gap analysis reviews the increased GBV service needs in Tawila, North Darfur, due to

the influx of IDPs. The rise in population has escalated GBV risks like sexual violence,

domestic abuse, and exploitation, especially for women and girls. The document evaluates

GBV service indicators, costs, targets, and funding to pinpoint critical gaps for humanitarian

response and resource mobilization.