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Official Name of Sudan: Republic of the Sudan
Government type in Sudan: authoritarian regime
Capital of Sudan: Khartoum
Primary Language in Sudan: Arabic
Currency in Sudan: Sudanese dinar

Military regimes favoring Islamic-oriented governments have dominated national politics since independence from the UK in 1956. Sudan has been embroiled in a civil war for all but 10 years of this period (1972-82). The wars are rooted in northern economic, political, and social domination of non-Muslim, non-Arab southern Sudanese. Since 1983, the war and war- and famine-related effects have led to more than 2 million deaths and over 4 million people displaced. The ruling regime is a mixture of military elite and an Islamist party that came to power in a 1989 coup. Some northern opposition parties have made common cause with the southern rebels and entered the war as a part of an anti-government alliance. Peace talks gained momentum in 2002-03 with the signing of several accords, including a cease-fire agreement. Largest country in Africa; dominated by the Nile and its tributaries.

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» Atbara
» Dongola
» El Fasher
» El Geneina
» El Obeid
» Eldebba
» Juba
» Kassala
» Khartoum
» Merowe

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