11.03.2008 - Source: US Department of State

Government operates "reformation camps" for vagrant children; camps lack health care and education services, living conditions are primitive ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007") [ID 23260]

"The government operated "reformation camps" for vagrant children.

Police typically sent homeless children who had committed crimes to these camps, where they were detained for indefinite periods.

Health care and schooling at the camps generally were poor, and basic living conditions often were primitive.

All of the children in the camps, including non Muslims, must study the Koran, and there was pressure on non Muslims to convert to Islam.

In the IDP camps in Darfur and refugee camps in Eastern Chad, rebel groups often conscripted teenage males.

Conscripts faced significant hardship and abuse in military service, often serving on the front line.

There were reports that abducted, homeless, and displaced children were discouraged from speaking languages other than Arabic or practicing [sic!] religions other than Islam."

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06.03.2007 - Source: US Department of State

Northern Sudan: Children who were abandoned or whose parentage was unknown generally considered as Muslims in 2006 ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2006") [ID 19400]

"Children who were abandoned or whose parentage was unknown--regardless of presumed religious origin--were generally considered Muslims, at least in the north. Christian families were generally permitted to adopt only Christian children."

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06.03.2007 - Source: US Department of State

Homeless children who had committed crimes detained in "reformation camps"; abducted, homeless and displaced children urged to speak Arabic and practice Islam ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2006") [ID 19849]

"The government operated "reformation camps" for vagrant children. Police typically sent homeless children who had committed crimes to these camps, where they were detained for indefinite periods. Health care and schooling at the camps generally were poor, and basic living conditions often were primitive. All of the children in the camps, including non Muslims, must study the Koran, and there was pressure on non Muslims to convert to Islam (see section 2.c.). [...] There were reports that abducted, homeless, and displaced children were discouraged from speaking languages other than Arabic or practicing religions other than Islam."

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20.04.2006 - Source: Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation

Children born out of wedlock taken away from their mothers; only very few orphanages exist ("10th European Country of Origin Infomation Seminar Budapest, 1 - 2 December 2005: Final Report on Sudan") [#49770],  [ID 19043]

"The children are taken away from their mothers. These children are stigmatised for their whole life and they are not part of society. Numerous street children in Khartoum are illegitimate children. The government doesn’t address this issue at all or provide any support to single mothers. Only very few orphanages exist. There are some privately run homes for women with children, but certainly not enough. Three centres for 170 children are run by an organisation in Khartoum that is not supported by the government but has to rely completely on local and international private sources. These three centres are far from being enough to address the problem in Khartoum alone. [...]
A very high rate of girls in Sudan, especially in the student milieu, give birth to illegitimate children, because abortion is hardly possible. The situation of these children is horrible. There exist no protection nor medical or social services for this target group."

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