21.10.2008 - Source: International Crisis Group

Report on Southern Kordofan state (Nuba, National Congress Party (NCP), Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR)) ("Sudan's Southern Kordofan Problem: The Next Darfur?") [ID 25144]

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04.06.2008 - Source: US Department of State

Sudanese women and girls are trafficked within the country and to Middle Eastern countries; militia groups in Darfur abduct women for forced labour and sexual exploitation; thousands of Dinka and Nuba children and women have been abducted and enslaved ("Trafficking in Persons Report 2008") [ID 23838]

"Sudanese women and girls are trafficked within the country, as well as possibly to Middle Eastern countries such as Qatar, for domestic servitude.

In 2007, Greek law enforcement authorities identified a female sex trafficking victim from Sudan. [...]

Militia groups in Darfur, some of which are linked to the government, abduct women for short periods of forced labor and to perpetrate sexual violence.

Forcible recruitment of adults and particularly children by virtually all armed groups involved in Sudan's concluded north-south civil war was commonplace; thousands of children still associated with these forces await demobilization and reintegration into their communities of origin.

In addition to the exploitation of children by armed groups during the two decades-long northsouth civil war, thousands of Dinka women and children were abducted and subsequently enslaved by members of the Missiriya and Rezeigat tribes during this time.

An unknown number of children from the Nuba tribe were similarly abducted and enslaved.

A portion of those who were abducted and enslaved remained with their abductors in South Darfur and West Kordofan and experienced varying types of treatment; others were sold or given to third parties, including in other regions of the country; and some ultimately escaped from their captors.

While there have been no known new abductions of Dinka by members of Baggara tribes in the last few years, inter-tribal abductions continue in southern Sudan, especially in Jonglei and Eastern Equatoria states."

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Full Report

21.02.2008 - Source: UN Human Rights Council (formerly UN Commission on Human Rights)

Southern Kordofan: Conflict between Nuba and Misseriya has resulted in 3000 people being displaced ("Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Sudan, Sima Samar [A/HRC/7/22]") [ID 24204]

"The conflict between the Nuba and the Misseriya in the area of Abu Junuk (Southern Kordofan) has resulted in 3,000 people being displaced in the past two months.

Sources say that the Nuba are surrounded by Misseriya who are blocking the water point which has resulted in a severe water shortage in the area."

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15.11.2007 - Source: UK Home Office

Students and members of marginalised groups, like the Nuba or people from Darfur, likely to be beaten or otherwise tortured after arrest ("Country of Origin Information Report; Sudan") [ID 24205]

"Amnesty International published a list of known political detainees in Sudan in June 2005 which contained a number of persons listed as students.

An accompanying public statement, dated 1 July 2005, remarks that:

"Students and members of marginalised groups, like the Nuba and people from Darfur, are most likely to be beaten and otherwise tortured after arrest."[16o-16p]

AI, SOAT, OMCT SHRO-Cairo also recorded a number of incidents of arrest, detention, and suspected or actual cases of torture - some of which resulted in death - against politically active students, many of whom were of Darfuri origin, in 2004, 2005 and 2006."

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