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Revision as of 15:34, 10 August 2009
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Parent topics
- Africa [r]: Continent stretching over the equator, hosting deserts, tropical jungles and savannah as well as over fifty nations; population about 900,000,000. [e]
- East Africa [r]: Add brief definition or description
Subtopics
Neighbors
- Central African Republic [r]: Landlocked African nation, with Bangui its capital; formerly a French colony which became independent in 1960 (population c.4,500,000). [e]
- Chad [r]: A landlocked country in East Africa and the Sahel, forming the western border of the Darfur Conflict, and having newly discovered oil running by pipeline to Cameroon on the Atlantic coast of West Africa [e]
- Egypt [r]: A country in the northeastern corner of Africa, bordering Sudan, Libya, the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea [e]
- Ethiopia [r]: Among the oldest countries of the world, from which Muslim-majority Eritrea split after a civil war; Coptic Christian-majority state in East Africa [e]
- Kenya [r]: A country of 38 million in East Africa. [e]
- Uganda [r]: Landlocked republic in East Africa, located on the equator, bordering the northern and western shores of Lake Victoria. [e]
Geography
- Khartoum [r]: National capital of Sudan and of the northern Sudanese part of the federation; with its twin city Omdurman, the largest metropolitan area [e]
- Omdurman [r]: Twin city of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum; generally the more prestigious living area; site of the defeat of the Mahdist forces by British troops in the 19th Century Battle of Omdurman [e]
- Port Sudan [r]: Red Sea port of Sudan, reached by modern highway and railroad cut through rugged territory to Khartoum; landing of major undersea fiber optic cable to Saudi Arabia; oil terminal [e]
- El Fashir [r]: Provincial capital in Darfur, Sudan; currently has the best if limited airport in Darfur [e]
- Nyala [r]: Provincial and regional capital in Darfur, near the border with Chad; Sudanese terminus of the unsafe railroad that continues into Chad; linked by dirt road to El Fasher; much more limited airfield [e]
- Blue Nile [r]: Add brief definition or description
- White Nile [r]: Add brief definition or description
Leadership
- National Congress Party [r]: The coalition of political elements in North Sudan that has historically held the political power since the end of the First Sudanese Civil War [e]
- National Democratic Alliance [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Popular Congress Party [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Sudan People's Liberation Movement [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Umma Party [r]: Add brief definition or description
International
- African Union [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Intergovernmental Authority on Development [r]: Add brief definition or description
- International Criminal Court [r]: Add brief definition or description
- World Food Programme [r]: Add brief definition or description
History
- Mahdi wars [r]: Add brief definition or description
- First Sudanese civil war [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Dinka-Nuer reconciliation [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Second Sudanese civil war [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Darfur conflict [r]: Add brief definition or description
Resources
- Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Gum arabic [r]: Add brief definition or description