Sudan’s Fiqh Academy prohibits ratification of CEDAW
The Sudanese Fiqh Academy issued a fatwa on Sunday, barring the planned ratification of the UN Convention on the Elimination...
Demos commemorate start of Khartoum sit-in two years ago
Demonstrations were staged in Khartoum, Atbara, Wad Madani, Port Sudan, Kassala, and El Gedaref yesterday, marking the second anniversary of...
Sudan celebrates International Women’s Day
International Women's Day was celebrated throughout Sudan yesterday. Various events took place and prominent women held speeches. The Darfur Bar...
Displaced Darfur woman raped while fetching firewood
A displaced woman was gang-raped in Saraf Omra, North Darfur, on Saturday. The 45-year-old displaced woman lives in Ayour Bari...
‘Historic step’ as Sudan ratifies conventions on torture, disappearance
A joint meeting of Sudan’s Sovereign Council and Council of Ministers has approved two draft laws to join the International...
Girl raped, young women shot, man stabbed in Central Darfur
A 10-year-old girl was raped, two young women were shot and a young man was stabbed in three separate attacks...
Women protest rape, violence, and sexual harassment in Darfur
Yesterday, the Sudanese Women’s Revolution Initiative held a vigil in front of the Ministry of Justice in Khartoum to protest...
Sudan police shoot suspect dead in River Nile state
Police officers shot a suspect dead in Atbara, River Nile state, yesterday. Five were wounded, including a policeman who was...
Reports about child abuse increasing in Sudan
According to the Sudanese coordinator of the international My Body Is My Body Child Abuse Prevention Programme, the number of...
Man injured, woman raped in Central Darfur armed robbery
A woman was raped and a man injured by gunfire during an attack by armed bandits on Central Darfur shoppers...
ICC Prosecution seeks postponement of first hearing on Ali Kushayb case
The International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecution has asked the ICC’s Pre-Trial Chamber II to postpone the ‘confirmation of charges hearing’...
Displaced woman raped, killed in Central Darfur
A group of gunmen raped a 45-year old displaced woman in Central Darfur on Monday. After the rape, they...
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