Mother of detainee Yusra Mahdi testifies – شهادة والدة المعتقلة يسرا مهدي

شهود عيان:الاعتداء بالضرب على اهالي معتقلين بالسودان وتفريقهم

Sudanese Zenga Zenga song http://youtu.be/X6hT2bTasOM #Libya #Sudan

Sudan's Bashir will "reinforce" Sharia after separation http://bit.ly/efh1yt

Nevertheless we are all aware that Egypt is not alone in these expansionist policies towards sub Saharan African, meant to pass through the land of south Sudan. Our oral and written histories have countless records on Egypt's role in the slave trade and raids that ravaged the whole area. This will remain a hot issue in our relationships and the Egyptian leadership must prepare itself to give apologies and must rightly pay compensations to the relatives of the victims. However it seems that our people are meant to pass through yet difficult times and hurdles before we make our rightful presence felt along the Nile. If Egypt is suffering from collective amnesia, we are not.

In 2000, a mysterious book appeared in the streets of Khartoum under the title “The Black Book: Imbalance of Power and Wealth in the Sudan”. The mystery of the book was strengthened by its impeccable method of distribution necessitated by the Regime’s firm grip over information in the country. The launch of the work consisted of a once-off distribution at gates of major mosques, following Friday prayers. Soon after, the circulation of the Book gained momentum. Spontaneous photocopying made the Book available all over the country and abroad. The book soon became the most talked about document in the country. It was an envy of any writer, the world over. Most readers had never seen the original copy of the book. Illiterate people too became familiar with …

Ridiculously small sample size.

African civil society against AU decision to withdraw cooperation with the ICC arrest warrant.

Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), in partnership with Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI), has published a report documenting the scope and long-term impact of rape and other sexual violence experienced by women who fled attacks on their villages in Darfur and are now refugees in neighboring Chad. This scientific study, corroborates women’s accounts of rape and other crimes against humanity that they have experienced in Darfur, as well as rape and deprivations of basic needs in refugee camps in Chad.

The reason we’ve never heard about any of this, apparently, is that the US is not advertising the operations, the al-Bashir regime in Khartoum has declared a media blackout, and Egypt is respecting the blackout but keeping a close eye since this involves major arms traffic (it’s an old route, once used by the French poet Rimbaud) going through its territory. Today al-Shorouk said that an Egyptian intelligence agent visited the area to verify the issue.

Hassan al-Turabi, the Sudanese opposition leader, has been released from prison, having been detained for two months after he called on Omar al-Bashir, Sudan's president, to hand himself over to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

"He may be a son of a bitch, but he's our son of a bitch."

In adopting this identity these youths seem to be consciously rejecting Arab culture -- which after all, they perceive as having rejected them -- and embracing a world in which black is beautiful, successful and rich.

she was brutally beaten and repeatedly gang-raped, but survived to become the first woman to break her people's cultural taboos about rape and speak out in the Western media about her experiences, exposing what was happening in Darfur. Readers of Tears Of The Desert, her harrowing account of her life, will be overwhelmed by pity and rage.

The information collected by the organization highlighted that there is no indication that refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants seeking to leave Egypt and cross into Israel used force or posed any threat to the Egyptian border guards who fired at them.

The BBC has found the first evidence that China is currently helping Sudan's government militarily in Darfur.

Charges against Al-Bashir could include war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Prosecutor is to submit evidence on Monday, which could lead to an arrest warrant being issued.

a.k.a Haskanit حسكنيت grows in the desert. Sprinkled on the floors of Sudanese prisons and used as a method of torture.

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are they misled and uninformed ?