A few days ago, Noura Hussein, a 19-year old Sudanese woman, was sentenced to death by a court in Omdurman for stabbing to death the man to whom she was forcibly married as he was in the process of raping her.
She had been with him for six days when he raped her the first time with the assistance of his brother and two cousins. When he attempted to rape her again the following day, she stabbed him.
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