French Sudan (Fr. Soudan) was a colony in French West Africa that had two separate periods of existence, first from 1890 to 1899, then from 1920 to 1958, when the territory became the independent nation of Mali.
Sudan's former foes have failed to reconcile differences over a 2005 peace deal, with the status of the oil-rich Abyei region dominating the crisis that had prompted one party to withdraw from the coalition government.
Sudan's government is accused of retaliating by unleashing a militia of Arab nomads known as the janjaweed — a charge [that] it denies.
Sudan is again a highlighted country for this year's observance of IDOP (on Sunday 11 November; unlike the past few years, Canada will not observe it on a separate date); here is the section on the global IDOP site concerning Sudan...
Decline in European trade in the Sudan from the mid-nineteenth century.
Sudan has encouraged Arab Muslim militias to slaughter fl Muslims; hundreds of thousands of the latter are facing death from starvation and disease, while their persecutors block the distribution of humanitarian aid.(Brief Article)
Why the world is ignoring Darfur: the genocide in Sudan has come and gone from the world's headlines, but persists all the same.
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