Slavery in Sudan | Cultural Survival - 0 views
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It is a direct consequence of the five-year war between Khartoum in the north and the Dinka-dominated Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA) in the south - and more especially the government's conduct in that conflict.
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Armed tribal militias, used by Khartoum to counter SPLA advances, are accused of raiding Dinka villages in northern Bahr el Ghazal, southern Darfur and Kordofan.
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and the militia is rewarded with the booty that it seizes - from goods and livestock to slaves.
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