Armed forces in Sudan’s civil war are perpetrating systematic sexual violence against young children, with one-year-olds the youngest survivors of rape, according to a new report from UNICEF, the United Nations’ (UN) children’s agency.

Report says rape is ‘being used as a tactic of war’ in violation of international law and and laws protecting children.

The United Nations say sexual violence against children is being used as a war tactic in a widespread manner in Sudan. Millions are at risk, according to a new report.

Armed men are raping and sexually assaulting children as young as one during Sudan's civil war, says the UN children's agency, Unicef. Mass sexual violence has been widely documented as a weapon of war in the country's nearly two-year conflict.