A look back over a few key stories of the last week from national and international press:
Armed herders rape four displaced women: sources (Radio Dabanga, 10 December) – Two girls aged 9 and 12 and two women were allegedly raped in a farming area in central Darfur.
Series of assaults in Bindissey, two raped (Radio Dabanga, 11 December) – Two sisters were abducted from Bindissey camp in central Darfur and raped at gunpoint.
US diplomat Princeton Lyman resigns (Royal African Society, 12 December) – The top American diplomat for the Sudans was ‘the most successful since Danforth,’ says researcher Aly Verjee.
Army officers ‘rape and stab’ girl in Abu Zereiga (Radio Dabanga, 11 December) – Family members say the victim was stabbed in both breasts and hands and was brought to the hospital in a coma and with broken ribs.
Rumblings for change in Sudan’s governing party (The New York Times, 8 December) – Growing discontent in the ranks of the NCP was an ‘open secret’ even before the disrupted coup plot late last month.
Gunmen enter Nyala court, beat judge and release defendants (Radio Dabanga, 10 December) – A judge is attacked and beaten by a ‘known armed group’ immediately after sentencing to death defendents in a robbery case. One of the escaped convicts in a telephone interview admits links to the border guards.