Sudan

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INFORMATION

Capital: Khartoum

Government: Dominant-Party Federal Presidential Republic

Current President: president (vacant); Sovereign Council Chairman General Abd-al-Fatah al-BURHAN Abd-al-Rahman

Economy:

  • The oil sector has driven much of the country’s GDP since 1999.
  • Sudan, currently, is attempting to generate new sources of revenues, such as from gold mining, while carrying out an austerity program to reduce expenditures.
  • Agricultural production continues to employ 80% of the work force and contributes a third of GDP.

Population: 46,751,152 (July 2021 est.)

Land Size: 1.8 million sq km (728,215 sq miles)

Major Ethnic Groups:

  • Sudanese Arab (approximately 70%)
  • Fur
  • Beja
  • Nuba
  • Fallata
Religions:

  • Islam (Sunni) 98%
  • small Christian minority

Language(s):

  • Arabic (official)
  • English (official)
  • Nubian
  • Ta Bedawie
  • Fur

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RECENT NEWS

  • Fri - Mar 29, 2024: Remarks By Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield and U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan Tom Perriello On the Situation in Sudan - AllAfrica News: Sudan
    [U.S. Mission to the UN] Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield
  • Fri - Mar 29, 2024: Sudan War - RSF-Minawi Forces Clash in Omdurman - AllAfrica News: Sudan
    [Dabanga] Omdurman / Mellit / Kabkabiya -- Fierce fighting took place west of the Wad El Bashir fly-over in central Omdurman in the past days, where the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) ambushed combatants of the Sudan Liberation Movement faction under the leadership of Minni Minawi (SLM-MM). There are conflicting reports about who gained control over the strategically important fly-over.
  • Wed - Mar 27, 2024: First Person - 'We Had to Avoid Stepping On the Bodies in the Streets' in Darfur - AllAfrica News: Sudan
    [UN News] A former UN staff member who worked for a decade in Sudan's Darfur region for the African Union-United Nations mission, UNAMID, has told UN News how she had to "avoid stepping on the bodies in the streets" as she fled for her life to neighbouring Chad.
  • Wed - Mar 27, 2024: Sudan - El Gezira Resistance Committees Accuse RSF of Killing 43 'During First Five Days of Ramadan' - AllAfrica News: Sudan
    [Dabanga] El Hasahisa / Wad Madani / Rufaa -- The El Hasahisa resistance committee yesterday accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of launching attacks on 28 villages in El Gezira during the first five days of Ramadan, resulting in the deaths of at least 43 people and forcing numerous families to flee their homes.
  • Wed - Mar 27, 2024: Darfur Humanitarian Forum - Slm-Aw Calls for 'Declaration of Famine' - AllAfrica News: Sudan
    [Dabanga] Nyala -- The preparatory forum for the Conference on Humanitarian Issues in Darfur region, scheduled to take place in May, kicked off in the Kalma camp in South Darfur on Monday. Participants abroad attended the forum online. The Sudan Liberation Movement headed by Abdelwahid Nur reported that more than 26,000 children sheltering in Jebel Marra are malnourished and urged the UN to officially declare a famine in the region. Other speakers called on the UN "to intervene under Chapter 7'.