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Parent topics
- Africa [r]: Continent stretching over the equator, hosting deserts, tropical jungles and savanna 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]: Add brief definition or description
- 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 East 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]: Add brief definition or description
- Kenya [r]: Add brief definition or description
- 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]: Add brief definition or description
- 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]
- Babanusa [r]: Town in the western part of northern Sudan, the last safe rail terminal before the routes into Darfur and South Sudan [e]
- El Fasher [r]: Provincial capital in Darfur, with the best, if limited, airport in the region [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]
- Bentiu [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Bor [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Juba [r]: Add brief definition or description
- 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]
- Omar al-Bashir [r]: President of Sudan, leader of the Islamic north and of the National Congress Party; under indictment by the International Criminal Court [e]
- National Democratic Alliance [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Popular Congress Party [r]: Sudanese Islamist party led by Hassan al-Turabi; has called for President Omar al-Bashir to surrender himself to the International Criminal Court [e]
- Hassan al-Turabi [r]: A Sudanese political and Islamist leader, whose status has ranged from national leader to political prisoner, and has been affiliated with Islamist movements worldwide, often changing affiliation [e]
- Sudan People's Liberation Movement [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Umma Party [r]: Add brief definition or description
International
- African Union [r]: Continental organization, which succeeded the Organisation of African Unity on September 9, 1999. [e]
- John Danforth [r]: Attorney, Bryan Cave; Member, Global Leadership Foundation; US Senator (R-Missouri) 1976-95; U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations 2004-05; Special Envoy for Peace to Sudan, 2001 [e]
- Scott Gration [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Intergovernmental Authority on Development [r]: Add brief definition or description
- International Criminal Court [r]: A permanent tribunal, established by treaty among over 120 nations but not part of the United Nations, for trying individuals for crimes against humanity; a number of major countries do not accept its authority [e]
- 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]: A low-technology war, with massive casualties and refugees, in the Darfur area of West Sudan, representing a cultural and economic conflict between traditional pastoralists and nomads, the nomads being supported by the power elite of North Sudan. [e]
- Janjaweed [r]: Literally meaning "devil on a horse", the janjaweed are nomadic Baggara Arabs that are supported against the pastoralists of Darfur in West Sudan by the power elite of North Sudan. [e]
- Sudanese Liberation Army [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Justice and Equality Movement [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
Other related topics
- Saddam Hussein [r]: (1937–2006) Deposed and executed ruler of Iraq. [e]
- U.S. intelligence activities in Africa [r]: Activities of the United States intelligence community in Africa [e]
- Lord's Resistance Army [r]: Add brief definition or description
