| | Sudan - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18) |
 | | 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. |
 | | Elections were held in April 1965 but Sudan had a series of governments that proved unable either to agree on a permanent constitution or to cope with problems of factionalism, economic stagnation, and ethnic dissidence. |
 | | Sudan is situated in Northern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea. |
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