Sudanese President al-Bashir has decreed all women imprisoned for brewing illegal alcohol should be released, ending a vicious cycle affecting southern widows trying to feed their families in Khartoum. - Sapa-AFP/Mercury May 31, 2006.
Note, the report points out selling alcohol is the Sudan is illegal under Islamic sharia law. The president's decision was a show of good faith between the former north-south foes.
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