{"id":8569,"date":"2026-07-08T11:28:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T05:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=8569"},"modified":"2026-07-08T14:00:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T08:30:34","slug":"key-facts-about-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/key-facts-about-sudan\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Sudan Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, UNICEF reported that over 300 children were killed or wounded in Sudan&#8217;s civil war over six months.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Sudan<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a <\/span><b>Northeast African country.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bordering Countries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It shares its border with <\/span><b>Egypt <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(north), <\/span><b>Eritrea, and Ethiopia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (east), <\/span><b>Central African Republic and Chad<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (west), <\/span><b>Libya<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (northwest) and <\/span><b>South Sudan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (south),<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Maritime Border:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It shares its border <\/span><b>with the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/red-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\">Red Sea<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capital City:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Khartoum<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Geographical Features of Sudan<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Terrain:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is mainly composed of <\/span><b>vast plains and plateaus<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that are drained by the Nile River and its tributaries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Climate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The climate of Sudan varies from north to south.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>northern part of Sudan is a desert climate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, receiving little rainfall, shifting to semi-arid and the tropical savannah towards the South.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Highest point:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Jabal Marrah\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Major River:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The <\/span><b>Nile River system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the dominant geographical feature, running from south to north across the country and draining all streams and rivers of Sudan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Natural Resources:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Petroleum; small reserves of iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold; hydropower.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/sudan-conflict-over-300-children-killed-or-wounded-in-sudan-war-over-6-months-unicef-11736459\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NDTV<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sudan  is a Northeast African country. 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