Listen to Australian and world news, and follow trending topics with SBS News Podcasts.TRANSCRIPTA warning, the following story contains elements that may distress some people.In Sudan, rape is being used as a weapon of war, where women and girls fleeing the conflict are describing rape, torture and abuse as they try to reach safety.Medecins Sans Frontieres says sexual violence against women and girls is widespread in Darfur, and warns the cases reaching its clinics are only a fraction of what is happening on the ground.MSF says 3,396 victims and survivors of sexual violence were treated in its supported facilities in North and South Darfur between January 2024 and November 2025.MSF emergency coordinator Myriam Laroussi says this violence is not incidental.She says women’s bodies are being used as part of the war."We are now calling (on) all the warring parties to just stop This is possible, this is a matter of will."MSF says survivors in Darfur have described gang rape, rape at gunpoint and severe physical violence, often while trying to flee attacks or reach safety.The organisation says women and girls made up 97 per cent of those treated in the cases it documented.And the warning from MSF is being echoed internationally by the UN's Human Rights Chief, Volker Turk. "I met nine women and girls, all of them survivors of sexual violence, and they told me horrific stories I've never seen so traumatised individuals