Sudan - Wikipedia
Sudanese culture melds the behaviours, practices, and beliefs of about 578 ethnic groups, communicating in numerous different dialects and languages, in a region microcosmic of Africa, with geographic extremes varying from sandy desert to tropical forest.
Sudanese Arabs - Wikipedia
Sudanese Arabs (Arabic: عرب سودانيون, romanized: ʿarab sūdāniyyūn) are the inhabitants of Sudan who identify as Arabs and speak Arabic as their mother tongue. [4] Sudanese Arabs make up 70% of the population of Sudan, [5] however prior to the independence of South Sudan in 2011, Sudanese Arabs made up only 40% of the population. [6]
Sudan | Map, War, Population, Religion, & Facts | Britannica
5 days ago · Sudan, country located in northeastern Africa. The name Sudan derives from the Arabic expression bilād al-sūdān (“land of the blacks”), by which medieval Arab geographers referred to the settled African countries that began at the southern edge of the Sahara.
US says Sudanese rebel force has committed genocide and ...
Jan 7, 2025 · WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Tuesday that a Sudanese paramilitary group and its proxies are committing genocide in a civil war with the country’s military that has killed tens of thousands of people, leveling …
Sudan - The World Factbook
Dec 29, 2024 · Long referred to as Nubia, modern-day Sudan was the site of the Kingdom of Kerma (ca. 2500-1500 B.C.) until it was absorbed into the New Kingdom of Egypt. By the 11th …
Sudanese Paramilitary Group Committed Genocide, U.S. Says
Jan 7, 2025 · The Sudanese Red Crescent said it counted 2,000 bodies in a single day, then stopped counting. U.N. investigators later estimated that as many as 15,000 people were killed in the city of Geneina ...
History of Sudan | Events, People, Dates, Map, & Facts ...
Dec 11, 2024 · history of Sudan, a survey of the important events and people in the history of Sudan, from prehistoric times to the present day. The country is located in northeastern Africa.
Genocide Determination in Sudan and Imposing Accountability ...
Jan 7, 2025 · On April 15, 2023, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched a conflict of unmitigated brutality that has resulted in the world’s largest humanitarian catastrophe, leaving 638,000 Sudanese experiencing the worst famine in Sudan’s recent history, over 30 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, and tens of …
Sudan’s war is ‘deepening and widening’ a famine crisis ...
Dec 24, 2024 · Sudan’s 20-month war has killed more than than 24,000 people and driven over 14 million people — about 30% of the population — from their homes, according to the United Nations. An estimated 3.2 million Sudanese have crossed into neighboring countries including Chad, Egypt and South Sudan.
Sudan trapped in a ‘nightmare of violence’, UN chief tells ...
Oct 28, 2024 · UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Monday the people of Sudan are trapped in a “nightmare of violence, hunger, disease and displacement”, as the brutal war between the Sudanese Armed...