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1 January 1956 saw the former Anglo-Egyptian Sudan become the independent Republic of Sudan. Before 1955, however, the government under Ismail al-Azhari had ...
Sir John Maffey. Anglo-Egyptian rule of Sudan; 1920s. Pan left on huge crowd of African (quite dark-skinned) men in robes & turbans on camels; moving slowly ...
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Members of Sudanese non-profit, Voices for Sudan, discuss the impact of British and Anglo-Egyptian colonialism in Sudan.
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This song is dedicated to Darfur. I am helping to spread the message! Darfur (Arabic: دار فور daar foor, lit. "realm of the Fur") is a region in Sudan. An i...
The Ansaar (Arabic: أنصار), or followers of the Mahdi, is a Sufi movement in the Sudan whose followers are disciples of Muhammad Ahmad (12 August 1844 -- 22...
Darfur is a region of far western Sudan, bordering the Central African Republic, Libya, and Chad. An independent sultanate for several hundred years, it was ...
he Ansar (Arabic: أنصار), or followers of the Mahdi, is a Sufi religious movement in the Sudan whose followers are disciples of Muhammad Ahmad (12 August 18...
Thanks for watching..... 1. Juba 2. Malakal 3. Wau 4. Yambio 5. Yei 6. Aweil 7. Gogrial 8. Rumbek 9. Bor 10. Torit Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Largest_cities_of_South_Sudan Music: Voyeur,Jingle Punks; YouTube Audio Library South Sudan, officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in northeastern Africa that gained its independence from Sudan in 2011. Its current capital is Juba, which is also its largest city. It is planned that the capital city will be changed to the more centrally located Ramciel in the future. South Sudan is bordered by the Republic of the Sudan to the north, Ethiopia to the east, Kenya to the southeast, Uganda to the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the southwest, and the Central African Republic to the west. It includes the vast swamp region of the Sudd, formed by the White Nile and known locally as the Bahr al Jabal. The territories of modern South Sudan and the Republic of the Sudan were occupied by Egypt under the Muhammad Ali Dynasty, and later governed as an Anglo-Egyptian condominium until Sudanese independence was achieved in 1956. Following the First Sudanese Civil War, the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region was formed in 1972 and lasted until 1983. A second Sudanese civil war soon developed and ended with the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2005. Later that year, southern autonomy was restored when an Autonomous Government of Southern Sudan was formed. South Sudan became an independent state on 9 July 2011, following a referendum that passed with 98.83% of the vote. It is a United Nations member state, a member state of the African Union, and a member state of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development. In July 2012, South Sudan signed the Geneva Conventions. South Sudan has suffered internal conflict since its independence. The Nilotic people of South Sudan—the Acholi, Anyuak, Bari, Dinka, Nuer, Shilluk and others—first entered South Sudan sometime before the 10th century. During the period from the 15th to the 19th centuries, tribal migrations, largely from the area of Bahr el Ghazal, brought the Anyuak Dinka, Nuer and Shilluk to their modern locations of both Bahr El Ghazal and Upper Nile Regions, while the, Acholi and Bari settled in Equatoria. The Bantu people of South Sudan are—the Azande, Mundu, Avukaya and Baka people Azande people, who entered South Sudan in the 16th century, established the region's largest state of Equatoria Region. The Azande are the third-largest ethnic group in South Sudan while the Bari are fourth-largest. They are found in the Maridi, Yambio, and Tombura districts in the tropical rain-forest belt of Western Equatoria, the Adio of Azande client in Yei, Central Equatoria and Western Bahr el Ghazal. In the 18th century, the Avungara sib rose to power over the rest of Azande society and this domination continued into the 20th century. Geographical barriers prevented the spread of Islam to the southerners, thus enabling them to retain their social and cultural heritage, as well as their political and religious institutions. Slavery had been an institution of Sudanese life throughout history. The slave trade in the south intensified in the 19th century and continued after the British had suppressed slavery in much of sub-Saharan Africa. Annual Sudanese slave raids into non-Muslim territories resulted in the capture of countless thousands of southern Sudanese, and the destruction of the region's stability and economy. The Azande have had good relations with the neighbors, namely the Moru, Mundu, Pöjulu, Avukaya, Baka and the small groups in Bahr el Ghazal, due to the expansionist policy of their king Gbudwe, in the 18th century. In the 19th century, the Azande fought the French, the Belgians and the Mahdists to maintain their independence. Egypt, under the rule of Khedive Ismail Pasha, first attempted to control the region in the 1870s, establishing the province of Equatoria in the southern portion. Egypt's first governor was Samuel Baker, commissioned in 1869, followed by Charles George Gordon in 1874 and by Emin Pasha in 1878. The Mahdist Revolt of the 1880s destabilized the nascent province, and Equatoria ceased to exist as an Egyptian outpost in 1889. Important settlements in Equatoria included Lado, Gondokoro, Dufile and Wadelai. European colonial maneuverings in the region came to a head in 1898, when the Fashoda Incident occurred at present-day Kodok; Britain and France almost went to war over the region. In 1947, British hopes to join South Sudan with Uganda as well as, living Western Equatoria as part of Belgium French Congo The Democratic Republic of Congo were dashed by the Rajaf Conference to unify North and South Sudan. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Sudan
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he Ansar (Arabic: أنصار), or followers of the Mahdi, is a Sufi religious movement in the Sudan whose followers are disciples of Muhammad Ahmad (12 August 18...
Nubia is a region along the Nile river, which is located in northern Sudan and southern Egypt. There were a number of large Nubian kingdoms throughout the Po...
he Ansar (Arabic: أنصار), or followers of the Mahdi, is a Sufi religious movement in the Sudan whose followers are disciples of Muhammad Ahmad (12 August 18...
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What is Mahdist War? A report all about Mahdist War for homework/assignment The Mahdist War , was a British colonial war of the late 19th century, which was fought between the Mahdist Sudanese, of the religious leader Muhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah, the Mahdi (the “Guided One”), and the forces of the Khedivate of Egypt, initially, and later the forces of Britain. From 18 years of colonial war resulted the joint-rule state of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan , a condominium of the British Empire and the Kingdom of Egypt. Intro/Outro music: Discovery Hit/Chucky the Construction Worker - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under CC-BY-3.0 Text derived from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahdist_War Text to Speech powered by voice-rss.com Images are Public Domain or CC-BY-3.0: Bataille_d'Ondurman_2.jpg from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahdist_War The_Mahdist_State,_1881-98,_modern_Sudan.png from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Mahdist_Sudan
Nubia is a region along the Nile, in northern Sudan and southern Egypt. There were a number of small Nubian kingdoms throughout the Middle Ages, the last of ...
Nubia is a region along the Nile river, which is located in northern Sudan and southern Egypt. There were a number of large Nubian kingdoms throughout the Postclassical Era, the last of which collapsed in 1504, when Nubia became divided between Egypt and the Sennar sultanate resulting in the Arabization of much of the Nubian population. Nubia was again united within Ottoman Egypt in the 19th century, and within Anglo-Egyptian Sudan from 1899 to 1956. This video is targeted to blind users. Attribution: Article text available under CC-BY-SA Creative Commons image source in video
The Treaty of Lausanne was a peace treaty signed in Lausanne, Switzerland on 24 July 1923. It officially ended the state of war that had existed between Turk...
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Scenes from Khartoum, capital of Sudan, including downtown, the railway station, Tuti Island, and the River Nile, Oct. 2010
http://www.TravelBookMix.com This is the summary of Sudan, 2nd (Bradt Travel Guide) by Paul Clammer.
Travel video about destination Ethiopia. Ethiopia is a mysterious, mountainous land in the Horn Of Africa and birthplace of Early Christianity. A country of rock churches in the north and a large variety of tribes along the Rift Valley in the south and the oldest civilised region in Africa with more than twenty five centuries of documented history. Addis Abeba is the capital of Ethiopia and within its centre is the lavishly furnished Menbere Selassie Church, final place of rest of Ethiopia’s last royal family. It contains the Empress Menen, two princes and Emperor Haile Selassie who, shortly after removal from power, died due to reasons that are in the main controversial. On many of its thirty seven islands, Lake Tana in Northern Ethiopia is well known for its ancient churches and monasteries. Dega Stefanos is located in the centre of the lake and contains one of the country’s most important monasteries. On the summit, framed by walls and hidden under great trees, is the Holy Stefanos Monastery and within a small sanctuary various mummies are preserved within glazed wooden coffins and the remains of five emperors of various dynasties lie at rest. Awash is a settlement on the edge of the nature park of the same name, inhabited by the Afar, a proud and independent tribe. On market day, people from the surrounding area meet here. For the Afar, life is hard and only the strong survive. Corn, tobacco, dates and cotton are the main trading products of this region. Dromedaries, sheep and goats are bred, and pastureland is often the subject of heated disputes. A journey through Ethiopia is also a journey through time itself. A land of rich traditions, religions and myths. A country of legends and contrast that possesses one of the most colourful histories on the African continent.
http://www.travelbookmix.com This is the summary of Sudan: The Bradt Travel Guide by Paul Clammer.
http://www.TravelBookMix.com This is the summary of Trail Guide to North & South Sudan by Violetta Polese, Blake Evans-Pritchard.
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Read the entire issue devoted to South Sudan: http://www.vice.com/read/saving-south-sudan Late last year, South Sudan's president, Salva Kiir, accused his fo...
Travel Report from Sudan. From Wadi Halfa through the Nubian dessert via Khartoum to Ethiopia. With tips and GPS coordinates. www.africaexpedition.de.
VICE travels to the most dangerous country in the world to figure out what the hell is happening in Darfur. In the video, Vice founder Shane Smith dons a djellaba and walks through the streets of Khartoum, visits a displaced persons camp filled with over 300,000 people and encounters the notorious SPLA (Sudan People Liberation Army). More from Shane Smith: http://www.vice.com/author/shane-smith Follow Shane on Twitter: https://twitter.com/shanesmith30 For more, visit http://vice.com/vice-news http://youtube.com/VICE Videos, daily editorial and more: http://vice.com Like VICE on Facebook: http://fb.com/VICE Follow Noisey on Twitter: http://twitter.com/VICE Read our tumblr: http://vicemag.tumblr.com
Leading economic expert Jim Rogers traveled to 150 countries over 150000 miles in three years - follow his adventures here on FentonReport. In this video Ji...
In the summer of 2012, VICE correspondent Aris Roussinos travelled to Sudan's Blue Nile region where he spent a month making friends, playing checkers, and g...
Click here to watch part 1 now! http://www.vice.com/the-vice-report/saving-south-sudan-part-1 Late last year, South Sudan's president, Salva Kiir, accused hi...
Leading economic expert Jim Rogers traveled to 150 countries over 150,000 miles in three years - follow his adventures here on FentonReport. In this video Jim and Paige attend a Sudanese wedding in Khartoum. Copyright Jim Rogers - provided as a special contribution to The Fenton Report. http://www.mutualfundcenter.com http://www.atlanticfinancial.com http://www.fentonreport.com/2005/12/12/wealth-management/charitable-giving/gifting/121 http://www.fentonreport.com/2005/12/19/wealth-management/private-banking/natural-gas-technology/122 http://www.fentonreport.com/2005/12/27/health-living/2006-new-years/123
http://www.TravelBookMix.com This is the summary of Dinka: Legendary Cattle Keepers of Sudan by Angela Fisher, Carol Beckwith, Francis Deng.
Inspiration behind Obakki's Fall/Winter 2012 Collection. A line divides north from south in Sudan -- created by a civil war that raged for 40 years. It was b...
http://www.TravelBookMix.com This is the summary of Desert Songs: A Woman Explorer in Egypt and Sudan by Arita Baaijens.
Tourist Countries - Red sea - River Nile - Mogrn(BlueNile & WhiteNile) gathering place - Mountains - pyramids ( Meroe & Bjrawia) - SUDAN - { Africa - SUDAN } .
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Muhammad Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha (Ottoman Turkish: محمد علی پاشا المسعود بن آغا; Arabic: محمد علي باشا / ALA-LC: Muḥammad 'Alī Bāshā; Albanian: Mehmet ...
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What is Muhammad Ahmad? A documentary report all about Muhammad Ahmad for homework/assignment. Muhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah (Arabic: محمد أحمد المهدي) (August 12, 1844 – June 22, 1885) was a religious leader of the Samaniyya order in Sudan who, on June 29, 1881, proclaimed himself the Mahdi (or Madhi), the messianic redeemer of the Islamic faith. His proclamation came during a period of widespread resentment among the Sudanese population of the oppressive policies of the Turco-Egyptian rulers, and capitalized on the messianic beliefs popular among the various Sudanese religious sects of the time. More broadly, the Mahdiyya, as Muhammad Ahmad's movement was called, was influenced by earlier Mahdist movements in West Africa, as well as Wahabism and other puritanical forms of Islamic revivalism that developed in reaction to the growing military and economic dominance of the European powers throughout the 19th century. Intro/Outro music: Discovery Hit/Chucky the Construction Worker - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under CC-BY-3.0 Text derived from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ahmad Text to Speech powered by voice-rss.com Images are Public Domain or CC-BY-3.0: Muhammad_Ahmad_al-Mahdi.jpg from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ahmad Muhammad_Ahmad_al-Mahdi.png from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Muhammad_Ahmad_al-Mahdi.png 200px-Muhammad_Ahmad_al-Mahdi.jpg from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mahdi_claimants Muhammad_Ahmad_al-Mahdi_1.jpg from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahdist_War 120px-Muhammad_Ahmad_al-Mahdi.jpg from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Sudan/Featured_biography Mahdist_in_the_Khalifa's_house,_Omdurman,_Sudan.png from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ahmad Hadhrat_Mirza_Ghulam_Ahmad2.jpg from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mahdi_claimants page1-463px-ISN_00033,_Muhammad_Ahmad_Said_al-Adahi's_Guantanamo_detainee_assessment.pdf.jpg from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ISN_00033,_Muhammad_Ahmad_Said_al-Adahi's_Guantanamo_detainee_assessment.pdf Mahdi_Grave_in_Omdurman.jpg from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ahmad 105px-Muhammad_Ahmad_al-Mahdi.jpg from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Muhammad_Ahmad_al-Mahdi.jpg
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A Governor-General or Governor General is a vice-regal representative of a monarch in an independent realm or a major colonial state. Depending on the political arrangement of the territory, a Governor General can be a governor of high rank, or a principal governor ranking above "ordinary" governors. This video is targeted to blind users. Attribution: Article text available under CC-BY-SA Creative Commons image source in video
A protectorate, in its inception adopted by modern international law, is an autonomous territory that is protected diplomatically or militarily against third parties by a stronger state or entity. In exchange for this, the protectorate usually accepts specified obligations, which may vary greatly, depending on the real nature of their relationship. However, it retains formal sovereignty and remains a state under international law. A territory subject to this type of arrangement is also known as a protected state. This video is targeted to blind users. Attribution: Article text available under CC-BY-SA Creative Commons image source in video
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Big News Network 2015-04-14In Port Sudan, hundreds of students took to streets in protest against the election.
Topix 2015-04-14Voters queue outside a polling station, on the first day of Sudan's presidential and legislative ...
Big News Network 2015-04-14Khartoum - Michael Aron has been appointed as ambassador to Sudan in succession to Peter Tibber.
Big News Network 2015-04-14KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) -- Only a trickle of voters, some in uniform, showed up at a polling station in ...
Big News Network 2015-04-14KHARTOUM, Sudan--Sudan began voting Monday in an election expected to be won by President Omar ...
Big News Network 2015-04-14The outcome of Sudan's presidential and parliamentary elections, held on 13-15 April, is not in doubt.
Big News Network 2015-04-14KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Only a trickle of voters, some in uniform, showed up at a polling station in ...
Tulsa World 2015-04-14Press coverage was poor during the visit of Sudan's prime minister, Ali Karti, who was .
The Washington Times 2015-04-14... in Sudan and that an environment conducive to participatory and credible elections does not exist.
noodls 2015-04-14... in Sudan and that an environment conducive to participatory and credible elections does not exist.
noodls 2015-04-14Juong's unit, the Mechanized Division of the South Sudan Army, is tasked with ensuring the safety of civilians in Bor.
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noodls 2015-04-14Sudan (i/suːˈdæn/ or /suːˈdɑːn/;Arabic: السودان, as-Sūdān), officially the Republic of the Sudan (Arabic: جمهورية السودان, Jumhūrīyat as-Sūdān), sometimes called North Sudan, is an Arab state in North Africa (sometimes also considered to be part of the Middle East). It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, and Libya to the northwest. The population of Sudan is a combination of indigenous inhabitants of Nile Valley, and descendants of migrants from the Arabian Peninsula. Due to the process of Arabisation common throughout the rest of the Arab World, today Arab culture predominates in Sudan. The majority of the population of Sudan adheres to Islam. The Nile divides the country between east and west sides.
The people of Sudan have a long history extending from antiquity which is intertwined with the history of Egypt. Sudan suffered seventeen years of civil war during the First Sudanese Civil War (1955–1972) followed by ethnic, religious and economic conflicts between the Muslim Arab northern Sudanese and the mostly animist and Christian Nilotes of Southern Sudan. This led to the Second Sudanese Civil War in 1983. Because of continuing political and military struggles, Sudan was seized in a bloodless coup d'état by colonel Omar al-Bashir in 1989, who thereafter proclaimed himself President of Sudan. The civil war ended with the signing of a Comprehensive Peace Agreement which granted autonomy to what was then the southern region of the country. Following a referendum held in January 2011, South Sudan seceded on 9 July 2011 with the consent of Sudan's President al-Bashir.
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, PC, DL, FRS, Hon. RA (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British Conservative politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. Widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century, he served as Prime Minister twice (1940–45 and 1951–55). A noted statesman and orator, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historian, a writer, and an artist. He is the only British prime minister to have received the Nobel Prize in Literature, and was the first person to be made an Honorary Citizen of the United States.
Churchill was born into the aristocratic family of the Dukes of Marlborough. His father, Lord Randolph Churchill, was a charismatic politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer; his mother, Jenny Jerome, was an American socialite. As a young army officer, he saw action in British India, the Sudan, and the Second Boer War. He gained fame as a war correspondent and wrote books about his campaigns.
The Mahdist War (also called the Mahdist Revolt) was a colonial war of the late 19th century. It was fought between the Mahdist Sudanese and the Egyptian and later British forces. It has also been called the Anglo-Sudan War or the Sudanese Mahdist Revolt. The British have called their part in the conflict the Sudan Campaign. It was vividly described by Winston Churchill (who took part in its concluding stages) in The River War.
Following the invasion by Muhammed Ali in 1819, Sudan was governed by an Egyptian administration. This colonial system was resented by the Sudanese people, because of the heavy taxes it imposed and because of the bloody start of the Turkish-Egyptian rule in Sudan.
Throughout the period of Turco-Egyptian rule, many segments of the Sudanese population suffered extreme hardship due to the system of taxation imposed by the central government. Under this system, a flat tax was imposed on farmers and small traders and collected by government-appointed tax collectors from the Sha'iqiyya tribe of northern Sudan. In bad years, and especially during times of drought and famine, farmers were unable to pay the high taxes. Fearing the brutal and unjust methods of the Sha'iqiyya, many farmers fled their villages in the fertile Nile Valley to the remote areas of Kordofan and Darfur. These migrants, known as black "Jallaba" after their loose-fitting style of dress, began to function as small traders and middlemen for the foreign trading companies that had established themselves in the cities and towns of central Sudan.