Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Al Jazirah, Sudan


Related Topics

In the News (Thu 17 Dec 09)

  
 Profile - Sudan
It is bounded on the north by Egypt; on the east by the Red Sea, Eritrea, and Ethiopia; on the south by Kenya, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC, formerly Zaire); and on the west by the Central African Republic, Chad, and Libya.
Sudan has a maximum length from north to south of more than 2,250 km (1,400 mi); the extreme width of the country is about 1,730 km (about 1,075 mi).
The population of Sudan is composed principally of Arabs in the north and fl Africans in the south; many Arabs are of mixed ancestry.
www.inadev.org /profile_-_sudan.htm   (4198 words)

  
 DISCOVER SUDAN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Sudan is also constrained by its limited access to international credit; most of Sudan's $24.9 billion debt remains in arrears.
Sudan also enjoys an ancient heritage in the field of civilizations and antiquities representing a great attraction for tourists both from within and outside the country.
Sudan stepped a vague, hostoric period as a political, local power emerged at the end of the 9th century B.C. which was named Kosh Kingdom.
www.aucegypt.edu /students/rotaract/sudan.htm   (1547 words)

  
 SudanTribune article : US makes Sudanese problems part of interior politics - Al-Bashir   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
On peace in southern Sudan, President Bashir said that his government was "committed" to the peace pact adding that the authorities have set up "implementation mechanisms" to ensure to sustainability of the accord.
Sudan’s insistence on hosting this summit was interpreted by many as an attempt to break the anticipated embargo on Sudan and reach a satisfactory solution to the issue of Darfur.
But Sudan might eventually be heading toward a crisis in relations and toward a collision or fiction, particularly in the Darfur area where the situation on the ground might lead to a political crisis between Sudan and the West in general and the United States in particular.
www.sudantribune.com /article.php3?id_article=14800   (3834 words)

  
 Sudan - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
However, there is a genocide occuring in the northern region of Sudan.
In Darfur, Arab militas by the name of the Janjaweed are raping, killing and attacking non-muslims.
Sudan has two distinct major cultures--Arabicized Black Africans and non-Arab Black Africans--with hundreds of ethnic and tribal divisions and language groups, which makes effective collaboration among them a major problem.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Sudan   (2014 words)

  
 Al Jazirah (state) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Al Jazirah ولاية الجزيرة (also Gezira) is one of the 26 states of Sudan.
The state lies between the Blue Nile and the White Nile in the east-central region of the country.
Al Jazirah became the Sudan's major agricultural region with more than 2.5 million acres (10,000 km²) under cultivation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Al_Jazirah,_Sudan   (255 words)

  
 Home > Mill Valley, California, CA, 94941, Mill Valley Real Estate, Mill Valley Yellow Pages, Mill Valley ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Sudan (officially the Republic of the Sudan or Republic of Sudan) is the largest country by area in Africa, situated in Northern Africa.
Sudan has turned around a struggling economy with sound economic policies and infrastructure investments, but it still faces formidable economic problems as it must rise from a very low level of per capita output.
Sudan\'s largest Christian denominations are the Roman Catholic Church, the Episcopal Church of the Sudan, the Presbyterian Church in the Sudan and the Coptic Orthodox Church.
www.millvalleycaus.com /info/Sudan   (3805 words)

  
 [No title]
Sudan's economy is mostly agricultural and pastoral, with about 65% of its population making its living through crop growing or animal grazing.
The majority of Sudan's population derives its living from crop farming or grazing, but only 7 percent of the country's land area is cultivated.
Cotton is Sudan's leading cash crop; it is produced in large amounts in the Al Jazirah (Gezira) region between the Blue Nile and White Nile.
www.arab.net /sudan/sn_agriculture.htm   (335 words)

  
 Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Sudan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In place of payment for his road venture, the Government of Sudan, strapped for cash, paid him with a defunct tanning factory, which in 1996 was confiscated when he was forcebly expelled at the request of the United States and he relocated to Afghanistan.
Also in the east of Sudan on the border with Eritrea another conflict is brewing between the non-Arab Beja people and the central Government, related to the same sort of issues of ethnic tension and marginalisation that sparked the Darfur conflict.
Largest Christian denominations are the Roman Catholic Church, the Episcopal Church of the Sudan, the Presbyterian Church in the Sudan and the Coptic Orthodox Church.
www.blinkbits.com /blinks/sudan   (3208 words)

  
 Sudan: Special Report Iv: Who is Who
Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) - The SPLA is the military wing of the SPLM, and is subordinate to it.
It is Sudan's largest rebel movement, highly centralised, currently engaged in bilateral peace process with the Khartoum government in Kenya, in favour of a secular, united, democratic Sudan.
Combines Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Association and Relief Association for South Sudan, the humanitarian wings of the SPLM/A and the SPDF respectively.
www.sudan.net /news/press/postedr/270.shtml   (5215 words)

  
 Jazirah, Al - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
JAZIRAH, AL [Jazirah, Al] Sudan: see Gezira, Al.
Glasurit goes one on one in Saudi Arabia; Al Jazirah plans a bright future with 90 Line.
Saudi Arabian Daily Al Jazirah Globally Available On PEPC's PRESSPOiNT(TM); - PEPC's Interactive Newspaper Kiosks Prints On Demand The Latest Editions Of 59 Newspapers From 31 Countries -.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-x-jazirah.html   (219 words)

  
 Sudan - MEDIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Sudan Television operated three stations located in Omdurman, Al Jazirah, and Atbarah.
The major radio station of the Sudan National Broadcasting Corporation was in Omdurman, with a regional station in Juba for the south.
Following the 1989 coup, the RCC-NS dismissed several broadcasters from Sudan Television because their loyalty to the new government and its policies was considered suspect.
countrystudies.us /sudan/74.htm   (345 words)

  
 United Nations - OCHA IRIN | Web Special | Sudan: A future without War? - IRIN Web Special on the prospects of peace in ...
During early career served in several regions of Sudan and fought against SPLM/A. Came to power in 1989 in a pro-Islamist coup which overthrew the democratically elected government of Al-Sadiq al-Mahdi.
The political wing of the Beja Congress was formed in the 1960s to voice grievances against marginalisation of the region, but launched an armed struggle by the 1990s, due to frustration with lack of progress.
SUDAN: Opposition groups from the East and West complain of exclusion
www.irinnews.org /webspecials/SudanDarfur/Whos-Who.asp   (2867 words)

  
 Gunman Kills at Least 20 in Sudan Mosque Attack [Free Republic]
MENA said an angry crowd had gathered outside a hospital in Omdurman where the casualties had been taken, demanding revenge for the attack on the mosque, which belongs to supporters of another Muslim faction, Ansar al-Sunna.
The Khartoum-datelined MENA report gave no other details of the shooting, but said Ansar al-Sunna mosques had come under attack twice before in Sudan, including a 1996 incident in which 12 people were killed in Omdurman.
Sudan is due to hold presidential and parliamentary elections phased over nine days starting on Monday.
www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3a317d4e1038.htm   (454 words)

  
 Sudan - General Information
Sudan is buffeted by civil war, chronic instability, adverse weather, weak world agricultural prices, a drop in remittances from abroad, and counterproductive economic policies.
Most of the 1990s were characterized by sluggish economic growth as the IMF suspended lending, declared Sudan a non-cooperative state, and threatened to expel Sudan from the IMF.
Sudan continues to have limited international credit resources as over 75% of Sudan's debt of $24.9 billion is in arrears and Khartoum's continued prosecution of the civil war works to isolate Sudan.
www.mesteel.com /countries/sudan   (1340 words)

  
 BBC News | AFRICA | Gunman kills 20 in Sudan mosque
The gunman killed by police was named as Abbas Baqir Abbas, from Al-Dasis - a village in northern Sudan's Al-Jazirah region.
The BBC's Cairo correspondent, Caroline Hawley, says the attack will be an embarrassment to the government, which had claimed to have arrested all the members of Al-Takfir wa al-Hijran blamed for the previous attack.
The sect believes Islamic law (Sharia) imposed in Sudan should be implemented by force, while Ansar al-Sunna, which has been targeted by Islamic militants before, does not.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/1062277.stm   (336 words)

  
 Sudan (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
For news about the ongoing genocide crisis in Darfur, Sudan, see Darfur conflict.'' The Republic of the Sudan, or Republic of Sudan (in recent years the definite article has increasingly been dropped in common usage) is the largest country in Africa, situated in the northeast part of the continent.
Main article: Geography of Sudan Sudan is situated in Northern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea.
Main article: Economy of Sudan Sudan has turned around a struggling economy with sound economic policies and infrastructure investments, but it still faces formidable economic problems, starting from its low level of per capita output.
sudan.kiwiki.homeip.net.cob-web.org:8888   (1179 words)

  
 SudanTribune article : What about Sudan top negotiator in Darfur talks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Most Sudanese now understand that unless there is a radical restructuring of power in which the rural majority takes a major share of power, proportionate to its number, sustainable peace in Sudan cannot be achieved.
The president is from the northern region, the first vice-president is from the south, thus there must be a vice-president from Darfur to represent the west, another from the east and the third from Al-Jazirah to represent the centre.
All parts of Sudan should be given real roles to play so that they feel that they are actually part of the country.
www.sudantribune.com /article.php3?id_article=14618   (462 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Jazirah, Al (Sudan Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
You are here : AllRefer.com > Reference > Encyclopedia > Sudan Political Geography > Jazirah, Al
Topics that might be of interest to you:
More articles from AllRefer Reference on Jazirah, Al
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/X/X-Jazirah.html   (112 words)

  
 Sudan - Dookoła Świata - KrisS
Sudan, As-Sudan, Republika Sudanu, Republic of the Sudan
Over the past two decades, a civil war pitting fl Christians and animists in the south against the Arab-Muslims of the north has cost at least 1.5 million lives in war- and famine-related deaths, as well as the displacement of millions of others.
The national carrier is the government-owned Sudan Airways, which has a poor reputation for efficiency.
www.dookolaswiata.pl /kraje/afrykapln/sudan/sudan-ang.htm   (422 words)

  
 Sudan - Information, Maps, Facts, What to do, Links, and much more. (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Sudan - Information, Maps, Facts, What to do, Links, and much more.
As distinct from the African region of the same name (usually shortened to the Sudan) the Republic of the Sudan (or just Sudan) is the largest country in Africa, situated in the northeast part of the continent.
In February 2004, the government declared victory over the rebellion but the rebels say they remain in control of rural areas and reports indicate that widespread fighting continues.
www.forwardingsite.com.cob-web.org:8888 /places/sudan.html   (915 words)

  
 US Envoy Summoned Over US Nuclear Tests in Sudan; Government Receives Assurances
The hearing session was held by the said subcommittee on 2 March 2005.
On December 18, 1970 we conducted another test, the Baneberry used a 10 kilotons device, smaller than the Hiroshima weapon and probably much lower than the B83 and that was placed in the bottom of a sealed 900 foot shaft.
The minister added that one of the reasons of the confusion was the spelling mistake committed by an editor of the Armed Forces Committee at the US Congress, when he mistakenly typed the word Sedan as Sudan and put it at the minutes of the committee.
www.fas.org /irp/news/2005/03/sudan.html   (738 words)

  
 Government Of Sudan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
If you would like to use this flag of Sudan or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
If you would like to use this map of Sudan or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
If you would like to use this information for Sudan or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
www.appliedlanguage.com /country_guides/sudan_country_government.shtml   (725 words)

  
 Secrecy News 03/10/05
SUDAN DEMANDS CLARIFICATION OF 1962 U.S. The government of Sudan is seeking clarification of reports that the United States carried out a nuclear explosive test in Sudan in 1962.
Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Uthman Isma'il told Al Jazirah television yesterday that his country was responding to the disclosure of the Sudan nuclear test at a congressional hearing held by the House Armed Services Committee last week.
The term "Sedan" was mistakenly transcribed as "Sudan" both by Federal News Service and by FDCH Political Transcripts and has been so recorded in the Nexis news data base, where it continues to cause mischief.
www.fas.org /sgp/news/secrecy/2005/03/031005.html   (711 words)

  
 sudan map and information page
If you would like to submit an addition, change or correction, or suggest a new link, please forward it to our map department and we will give it our immediate attention.
Sudan (Complete) information on the (GDP) overall economy, imports and exports, resources, government, population, military, transportation, and more here
Climate Sudan has tropical weather conditions (warm and humid) in the south, while in the deserts of the north, conditions are hot and dry for most of the year.
www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/africa/sd.htm   (209 words)

  
 Welcome to Sudan
Economy—overview: Sudan is buffeted by civil war, chronic political instability, adverse weather, high inflation, a drop in remittances from abroad, and counterproductive economic policies.
In 1990 the International Monetary Fund took the unusual step of declaring Sudan noncooperative because of its nonpayment of arrearages to the Fund.
In 1997, a top priority was to develop potentially lucrative oilfields in south-central Sudan; the government was seeking foreign partners to exploit the oil sector.
www.middleeastnews.com /Sudan.html   (1299 words)

  
 The Sudan
Economy - overview: Sudan is buffeted by civil war, chronic political instability, adverse weather, weak world commodity prices, a drop in remittances from abroad, and counterproductive economic policies.
In 1990 the International Monetary Fund (IMF) took the unusual step of declaring Sudan noncooperative because of its nonpayment of arrears to the Fund.
To avoid expulsion, Khartoum agreed to make token payments on its arrears to the Fund, liberalize exchange rates, and reduce subsidies, measures it has partially implemented.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/arabs/sudan.html   (1466 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.