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For #IAmTheSudanRevolution #TweetChat today, some background:
Population: 41,592million
Land-mass: 1,886m km² (2ice size of #Nigeria, 3rd largest in #Africa)
Legal Situation: Emergency rule under military Junta (TMC)
Neighbours: CAR, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea; Ethiopia; Libya; Red-Sea
Population: 41,592million
Land-mass: 1,886m km² (2ice size of #Nigeria, 3rd largest in #Africa)
Legal Situation: Emergency rule under military Junta (TMC)
Neighbours: CAR, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea; Ethiopia; Libya; Red-Sea
There are many on-going & active conflicts in Sudan. Three are notable in Blue Nile to the South East; Darfur to the West, & Kordofan in the South. The Status of the resource-rich border settlement of Abyei remains unresolved.
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#IAmTheSudanRevolution
In 2011, South Sudan became an independent country, separating from Sudan under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). The crisis in the South escalated with the adoption of Sharia by the military regime of Gen. Gaafar El-Nimieri in 1984
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