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South Sudan: The World's Youngest Country and Its Complex Story

South Sudan: The World's Youngest Country and Its Complex Story

On 9 July 2011, South Sudan officially separated from Sudan and became the world's newest independent nation. After decades of civil war between the predominantly Christian and animist south and the Arab Muslim north — a conflict that had cost an est...

Khartoum: What Was Once Africa's Most Fascinating Capital — And What It Is Now

Khartoum: What Was Once Africa's Most Fascinating Capital — And What It Is Now

Before anything else, the geography demands acknowledgment: Khartoum sits at the exact point where the Blue Nile — rushing blue-gray from the Ethiopian Highlands — meets the White Nile, which has traveled pale and sluggish from Lake Victoria in Ugand...