Written by Sudanipreneur

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The Sudan comes from the Arab word Al Sud, meaning land of The Blacks.

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The Sudan was known as “The Bread Basket of the World” for its vast reservoirs of underground water, its dense and vast regions of fertile lands, which meant that that land alone had the capacity to feed the entire world.

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The Capital of the Northern region of The Sudans, Khartoum, means Elephant Trunk, describing the meeting of the Blue and the White Niles, converging as they unite, before flowing North into Egypt

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The sight of the Blue and White Niles is often referred to as The Longest Kiss

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The Ancient Sudanese Empire, better known amongst their enemies as The Ta Seti, or land of the bow, for their superior skills with the Bow and Arrow

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The Ancient Sudanese Empire was also known as Nubia, which meant land of Gold, the Nubians were famous for having gold in abundance which meant there have been discoveries of gold eyebrow tweezers and hand cuffs

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The Sudans have been under US Economic sanctions which means no Us or EU companies can operate there, including Mastercard and Visa, ever since 1998, when Clinton needed a distraction from political scandals and so he decided to bomb a pharmaceutical factory claiming it to be a weapons manufacturing depot

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The Sudans have the fastest growing telecommunications industries in the world, in part by the pioneering efforts of Mo Ibrahim

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The Sudans were the first nation in Africa and the Middle East to start the education of girls, in 1907 with the opening of Ahfad School by Sheik Babiker Bedri, which quickly gained the support and funding of the British Colonising Powers

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The Sudans were one of the first nations to have a female minister with the appointment of Fatima Abd el-Mamoud as the Minister of Social Welfare from 1976-79 and has higher percentage of women in Parliament at 25%, than US 17.8%, UK 225.5% and Malaysia 13.2%