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→Slavery: despite what the government in Khartoum says, despite what some of our partners in the European Union may want to pretend ... slavery exists
Despite official denials, [[slavery]] continues to exist in [[Sudan]].
Despite official denials, [[slavery]] continues to exist in [[Sudan]].
*Mende Nazer published a book about her life story as a slave in Sudan and how she finally escaped to freedom in London - which became an immediate best-seller. [http://www.ncadc.org.uk/archives/filed%20newszines/oldnewszines/Old%201-50/news28/mendenazer.html]
*"Mende Nazer published a book about her life story as a slave in Sudan and how she finally escaped to freedom in London - which became an immediate best-seller." [http://www.ncadc.org.uk/archives/filed%20newszines/oldnewszines/Old%201-50/news28/mendenazer.html]
Although the British outlawed slavery in Sudan, this did not quite have the effect of a complete [[abolition]]. Slavery continued in remote areas. [http://africansudanesesociety.freehomepage.com/custom4.html] In the 1980s, civil war between the Muslim north and non-Muslim south fueled the revival of slavery.
Although the British outlawed slavery in Sudan, this did not quite have the effect of a complete [[abolition]]. Slavery continued in remote areas.<ref name=real> [http://africansudanesesociety.freehomepage.com/custom4.html Slavery in Sudan is real]</ref> In the 1980s, civil war between the Muslim north and non-Muslim south fueled the revival of slavery.
*[[Susan Rice]] told reporters in southern Sudan,
*"Part of why I am here is to show the world that, despite what the government in Khartoum says, despite what some of our partners in the European Union may want to pretend ... slavery exists, it has to be acknowledged, and it has to be addressed."<ref name=real />
==People==
==People==