Tight pants and miniskirts got women in Sudan arrested. Police in Sudan are getting some heat from the government after rounding up and arresting more than 30 women because they were wearing tight pants or mini skirts. Police, in the nation’s capital Juba, say they had a right to arrest the women because they’d previously put out an order banning “bad behavior and the importation of illicit cultures.” But one female government official, Gender Minister Mary Kinden, says they overstepped their boundaries as officers and had actually intruded on their human rights. “Girls were picked up from points like in the church and were hurled into police lorries and taken to the police station, some of them were beaten up, that is why the girls were very distressed,” Kimbo told the BBC. “I am against the police taking action single-handedly to round up everybody and start beating them because that is not their job.” The local mandate ordering punishment for “bad behavior” does not specifically elaborate on what would be considered “bad”; although police believe such behavior includes women wearing clothing they classify as inappropriate. The mandate does, however, give those found guilty a sentence of three months in prison. People found guilty a second time will also be fined $283. All of the women have since been freed.

South Africa will sell ivory to Asian nations. South Africa will sell 51 tons of ivory to China and Japan, despite some concerns from environmentalists, reports CNN.  African countries with a huge supply of elephant tusks would be allowed to make a one-off sale of ivory, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) said last year. But some were worried such a say would promote smuggling and thievery, reports CNN. Wildlife experts from South Africa made a visit to the two countries last month and decided they would not try to deal to the black market and met the strict conditions on trade involving endangered species.

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