A Register of abductees confirms reality of slavery in Sudan. The report presents a list of 11.000 people who were abducted from rebel-held areas by tribal militias supported by the Sudanese Government. 10 000 of them are still missing. Most people were young man abducted from cattle camps where they were herding livestock. The raids mainly took place in the south-western district bahr al-ghasal. In the Christian south a rebellion against the Khartoum government has raged for almost 20 years.

Key statistical findings during the 20-year period covered in the research included the fact that:

-- 1,862 raids took place in which southerners were abducted; -- 5,148 people were recorded as having been killed in the raids; -- 60% of abductees were of abductees were under the age of 18 when they were taken; -- a majority of abductees were male; and -- in the worst affected village -- Ajok -- 101 adults and children were abducted in a single week.

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