The Republic of Sudan is a country in the northeastern region of Africa, with a small portion of coastline on the Red Sea. It is the largest country in Africa, and the 10th largest in the world.

A conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan between regional militias and the Sudanese government has killed hundreds of thousands of people since 2003.

The First Sudanese Civil War lasted from 1955 to 1972, and was fought between the predominantly Arabic Muslim citizens of Northern Sudan and the Christian and Animist Africans of the South. The 1972 Addis Ababa Agreement put an end to the fighting until 1983.

Hostilities were reignited in 1983 when then President Gaafar Nimeri violated the Addis Ababa Agreement by granting a degree of autonomy to Southern Sudanese tribes. Fighting continued until 2005.

Darfur is a region in northwestern Sudan which has been the scene of intense fighting between Omar al-Bashir's government and rebel groups like the Sudan Liberation Movement and the Janjaweed militia. These opposition groups have been accused of mass murder. The United States government has declared the killings a policy of genocide.BBC NEWS: US House calls Darfur 'genocide' (July 23, 2004)

• See Mahalo's results for China-Sudan Relations

• Based on continuing conflict and violence, the United States Department of State currently discourages any travel to Sudan.

• Lonely Planet: Sudan

• Department of State: Travel Warning - Sudan

• Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Travel Advice - Sudan

• Lexicorient.com: Adventures of Sudan

• Wikipedia: Culture of Sudan | Education in Sudan | Music of Sudan | Religion in Sudan

• Ethnologue.com: Languages of Sudan

• FIFA.com: Sudan Football

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