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Watch: Post-Bashir Sudan launches the first women's football league

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The first women's football league in Sudan kicked off on Monday, in a match between two teams in Khartoum, watched by hundreds of fans and diplomats from the stands, according to an Agence France-Presse journalist. The league, in which 21 women's teams will participate, was announced last August, in a step that was not considered during the era of former President Omar al-Bashir. The first match was held between the Al-Tahadi and Al-Diffa teams in the Sudanese capital, noting that the matches will also include the cities of Madani, Al-Obeid and Kadugli. The match was held to the cheers of male and female fans, many of whom chanted slogans raised in the popular protests that led in April to the ouster of Al-Bashir after nearly three decades in power. The new Minister of Youth and Sports, Walaa Essam, who attended the match, said, “This is a historic day not only for sports, but for Sudan as a whole.” She continued, "We in the ministry will give special attention to women's sports in general and football in particular, especially in the field of infrastructure." The launch of the Women's Football League comes during the transitional government period in Sudan, which will extend for three years, during which it is hoped to enhance public freedoms by implementing measures that give a wider margin for freedom of expression and women's rights, reaching the fields of sports and art. Nariman Lino, a player in Al-Tahadi Women’s Football Club, said that large segments of Sudanese society still do not accept women playing football, “but that will not stop her and her colleagues from working until the Sudanese accept the idea.” Sudan officially joined the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) in 1948 and contributed to the establishment of the Confederation of African Football, along with Egypt, South Africa, and Ethiopia. However, women's football in the country has witnessed great difficulties since the country adopted Islamic law in 1983, six years after Al-Bashir took power following a military coup. For more on Euronews: Sudanese women are at the forefront of protests after years of oppression Testimonies of Sudanese women: The regime wanted to bring society to its knees by humiliating and abusing us A 16-year-old Sudanese girl is sold in an auction on Facebook

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