SIHA Network

🚨 SIHA Network demands the immediate and unconditional release of Najwa Musa Kaunda, a Sudanese activist and long-standing advocate for women’s rights from the Nuba Mountains/South Kordofan, who has been arbitrarily detained since April 1st, 2026, by SPLM-N Al-Hilu, part of the RSF-led Tasis coalition, in Kauda town.

Najwa has not been seen since her detention, and her family has raised serious concerns over her deteriorating health condition.

Please read the full statement here: https://sihanet.org/urgent-appeal-we-demand-the-immediate-release-of-sudanese-womens-peace-leader-najwa-musa-kaunda/

“Sexual violence is one of the worst forms of political violence. It not only strips individuals of dignity, but entire communities of their agency... it is meant to crush the spirit,” says Hala Al Karib, SIHA Network Regional Director, during an interview with Yassmin Abdel-Magied for Prospect Magazine.

Here, Hala reflects on at the three-year mark of war, her upbringing in Wad Madani, her years of organizing against dictatorship, and the forces that shaped her feminist vision.

As violence and impunity escalate, Hala speaks with urgency about accountability, survival, and the collective memory a nation is being forced to carry.

To read the full interview: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/people/73146/hala-al-karib-sexual-violence-is-meant-to-crush-the-spirit-sudan-war