Location: Northern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea
Geography: Large mountains, hills, plains, and plateau
Population: 45,047,502 people
Current Government Type: National Congress Party and Sudan's People's Liberation Movement share power.
Legal System: The southern legal system is still developing under the CPA following the civil war; the now defunct Revolutionary Command Council imposed Islamic law in the northern states. Islamic law will not apply to the southern states
Suffrage: Both men and woman have the right to vote when they reach the age of 17.
Unemployment Rate: 18.7%
Population Below Poverty Line: 40%
Industries: oil, cotton ginning, textiles, cement, edible oils, sugar, soap distilling, shoes, petroleum refining, pharmaceuticals, armaments, automobile/light truck assembly
Communications: Internet Users: 4.2 million, Mobile Phone: 15.341 million,
*TV and Radio are controlled by the government
Military Service: Men and women between the ages of 18 and 33 are obligated to serve the army 12 to 24 months.
Transnational Issues: Sudan's issues are constant ethnic and rebel militia fighting. Another huge problem and violation of human rights its the abduction and use of men, children, but in most cases women for forced labor and sexual exploitation. In other words, they are slaves.
Population: 45,047,502 people
Current Government Type: National Congress Party and Sudan's People's Liberation Movement share power.
Literacy Rates: 61.1%
Education Rate: about only 4 years of education
Languages: Arabic and English are the official languages; dialects: Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic
Religions: Sunni Muslim 70%, Christian 5%, indigenous beliefs 25%
Birth Rate: 36.12 births/ 1,000 population
Death Rate: 11 deaths/1,000 population
Life Expectancy: The average age people reach is 18 years.
(0-14years: 42.1%, 15-64years: 52.2%, 65 or more: 2.7%)
Ethnic Groups: black: 52%, Arab 39%, Beja 6%, foreigners 2%, other 1%
Education Rate: about only 4 years of education
Languages: Arabic and English are the official languages; dialects: Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic
Religions: Sunni Muslim 70%, Christian 5%, indigenous beliefs 25%
Birth Rate: 36.12 births/ 1,000 population
Death Rate: 11 deaths/1,000 population
Life Expectancy: The average age people reach is 18 years.
(0-14years: 42.1%, 15-64years: 52.2%, 65 or more: 2.7%)
Ethnic Groups: black: 52%, Arab 39%, Beja 6%, foreigners 2%, other 1%
Beja Woman
Legal System: The southern legal system is still developing under the CPA following the civil war; the now defunct Revolutionary Command Council imposed Islamic law in the northern states. Islamic law will not apply to the southern states
Suffrage: Both men and woman have the right to vote when they reach the age of 17.
Unemployment Rate: 18.7%
Population Below Poverty Line: 40%
Industries: oil, cotton ginning, textiles, cement, edible oils, sugar, soap distilling, shoes, petroleum refining, pharmaceuticals, armaments, automobile/light truck assembly
Communications: Internet Users: 4.2 million, Mobile Phone: 15.341 million,
*TV and Radio are controlled by the government
Military Service: Men and women between the ages of 18 and 33 are obligated to serve the army 12 to 24 months.
National Anthem: We are the Army of God and Our Land
National Holiday: January 1 (Independence Day)
Capital: Khartoum
Natural Hazards: Dust Storms and droughts
Transnational Issues: Sudan's issues are constant ethnic and rebel militia fighting. Another huge problem and violation of human rights its the abduction and use of men, children, but in most cases women for forced labor and sexual exploitation. In other words, they are slaves.
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