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Should Sudan Ever Change Its Country Name?
Sudan's name has a broad, externally derived history—but no proposed replacement is yet more inclusive, accurate or legitimate.
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السودان - المبعوث الأممي يختتم زيارة إلى مصر ناقشت دور دول الجوار في دفع جهود السلام
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ظاهرة النينيو "شديدة القوة" تعمّق الجوع في جنوب السودان
Sudan in Images
Sudan Gezira Plain 1997
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Group of Nubian women and children resting by the Nile at Korti, Sudan. Coloured lithograph by Louis
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Sudan : a country study
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From the Library
All books →Christianity in Sudan and Ethiopia
William B. Anderson; Ogbu U. Kalu · 2013
Religious history of Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant traditions in the region.
Download PDFThe Kandake: A Missing History
Ann VanderMeer; Jeff VanderMeer
A focused study on the institution of the Kandake - the ruling queens of Meroe - examining why this remarkable …
Download PDFReview of Sudanese Socio-Economic Development Problems
Alan Pearce
Comprehensive review of the structural socio-economic challenges constraining Sudan's development trajectory.
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