An Nil al Azraq (Blue Nile) is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. It has an area of 45,844 km2 and an estimated population of approximately 600,000 (2000). Ad-Damazin is the capital of the state.
It was further reported that an appeal against her sentence was sent to the Supreme Court, which will decide shortly whether the sentence will be upheld or overturned.
It is reported that during an attack by the Janjawid on at least 10 villages in the Tawila district between Kabkabiya and Al-Fasher in Northern Darfur, between 27 and 29 February 2004, more than 80 people were killed and a number of school girls were raped.
The Government affirmed that he was apprehended on 13 January 2003 in possession of an unlicensed revolver in violation of article 26 of the Weapons and Ammunition Act of the Sudan.
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