Sudan

Sudan is the largest country in Africa, bordering nine countries, with population of 34 million, according to the last census. Sudan is characterized by huge diversity, it is multi-religious, multi-cultural, and multi-linguistic. It is a country blessed with immense natural resources in agriculture, livestock, minerals and soil, which awaits only sustainable peace, stability and capital to materialize into real wealth.

At the Dr. John Garang Mausoleum in the heart of Juba, under a baking morning sun, two dozen or so men wait patiently in line to be registered to vote. A separate line for women lies woefully empty.

About 30 Sudanese women have been arrested for holding a protest march over a video which allegedly shows a policeman whipping a woman.

The women were detained as they tried to hand a petition to the justice ministry in Khartoum.

The authorities have said they are investigating the alleged whipping, which has been widely circulated on the YouTube website.

KHARTOUM — Sudan's judiciary is investigating the brutal whipping of a young woman, allegedly by uniformed police, after shocking images were circulated on the Internet, media reports said on Monday.

UNAMID Darfur-Darfur Dialogue and Consultation (DDDC) in collaboration with Nyala University's Peace Studies Center today began a two-day training on conflict resolution and peace building.

Graphic footage on YouTube showing a Sudanese woman being lashed have led to shocked reactions among Sudanese expats and emigrés.

UNAMID, in collaboration with the South Darfur Legislature and the State Committee for Combating Violence Against Women, organized today a workshop in Nyala on "Strengthening the Protection of Women through Legislation."

ARLINGTON — In the vicious civil war that consumed his homeland, Moses Geng Ajou's village in Southern Sudan was burned down twice. At 7 years old, he fled, joining thousands of Lost Boys who braved crocodile attacks and hunger in a long journey to safety that eventually landed them in the United States.

December 2, 2010 (JUBA) - Women activists are calling on the government of southern Sudan to allocate more resources to address gender based violence (GBV) which they say has increased in the region.

Rumbek — The Lakes state Advisor for Gender and Human Right Affairs in the government of Ms. Adak Costa Mapuor is concerned that men are discouraging women from voting in south Sudan's referendum on independence has improved throughout the states eight counties.