Sudan Fast Facts
Here’s a look at Sudan, a North African country bordering the Red Sea, Egypt,Libya, Chad, Central African Republic,South Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea.
About Sudan
Area: 1,861,484 sq km slightly less than one-fifth the size of the United States.
Population: 46,751,152 (July 2021 est.)
Median age: 18.3 years
Unemployment: 19.6% (2017 est.)
Other Facts
Sudan was the largest country in Africa prior to the secession of South Sudan in 2011. It is now the third largest, after Algeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Sudan lost most of its oil reserves, estimated to be between five and seven billion barrels, when South Sudan seceded.
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Unemployment: 19.6% (2017 est.)
Other Facts
Sudan was the largest country in Africa prior to the secession of South Sudan in 2011. It is now the third largest, after Algeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Sudan lost most of its oil reserves, estimated to be between five and seven billion barrels, when South Sudan seceded.
The United Nations has called the Sudan/Darfur conflict one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. Between 2003 and 2008, at least 300,000 people were killed, and three million displaced.
Timeline
1955 – Prior to Sudan’s independence, conflict breaks out between Muslim Arabs in the north and Christian/Animist Africans in the south.
January 24 - 2021 KASSALA
A dust storm near Kassala (Mozafer photography)
In eastern Sudan’s Kassala, preparations are underway to establish a police station at the border between the Kadugli and El Gadisiya neighbourhoods in the town.
The Kadugli district is populated by people from the Nuba Mountains, who fled the war in South Kordofan in search of work on farmlands in eastern Sudan, while members of the eastern Sudanese Beni Amer ethnic group are living in the neighbouring El Gadisiya district.
The representative of the Nuba, Kheirallah Mohamed, said that they identified the houses of which the residents will be moved to other places to make room for the police station. The people will be fully compensated for the loss of their homes, and offered alternatives.
3 Up-and-Coming Designers Who Could Shape the Future of Sustainability
In their work with seaweed shoes, creepy knits and Ugandan bark cloth, these designers are ones to watch.
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Jan 20, 2021
In their work with seaweed shoes, creepy knits and Ugandan bark cloth, these designers are ones to watch.
As the sustainability movement continues to gain momentum, one thing s become abundantly clear: There are hundreds of different ways to join the charge. Rather than looking at the mandate to design responsibly as a limitation, the next generation of fashion designers are using those constraints to fuel even greater creativity.
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