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After more than 30 years of Islamist rule, Sudan has outlined wide-reaching reforms including allowing non-Muslims to drink alcohol and scrapping the apostasy law and public flogging. “We [will] drop all the laws violating the human rights in Sudan,” Justice Minister Nasredeen Abdulbari said. A raft of new laws was …

Sudan has outlawed female genital mutilation (FGM), in a move that has been hailed by women’s rights campaigners. The country’s transitional government approved an amendment to its criminal legislation on 22 April and made it public on Friday. The new law states that anyone who performs FGM, whether inside a …