Notably, he correctly identified these languages as being related to one another ; his ' North-Eastern High Sudan ' corresponds to Gur in modern classification.

* North-Western High Sudan / Mandenga — Mande

* North-Eastern High Sudan — Gur

Sudan High School is well known for the vast opportunities they provide to students from Lamb, Bailey and Cochran counties.

Sudan High School is a Texas Education Agency Exemplary ranked campus, and received a “ Bronze ” designation in U. S. News & World Report ’ s annual “ America ’ s Best High Schools ” feature.

* in French Sudan, an overseas territory of France since 27 October 1946 ( earlier a colony ; stayed within French West Africa ), which on 24 November 1958 obtained autonomy ( as Sudanese Republic ), there were two High commissioners:

In 1934 he was appointed High Commissioner for Egypt and the Sudan.

The post was upgraded to Ambassador to Egypt and High Commissioner for the Sudan in 1936.

He remained in the Middle East as High Commissioner for Egypt and the Sudan until 1925, retiring from active service in that year.

The title Bey (; ) could be maintained as a similar office within Arab states that broke away from the High Porte, such as Egypt and Sudan under the Muhammad Ali Dynasty, where it was a rank below pasha ( maintained in two rank classes after 1922 ), and a title of courtesy for a pasha's son.

In 1964, the river was dammed at Khashm El Girba near Kassala in Sudan to provide irrigation up to the newly built town of Halfa Dughaym in an otherwise fairly arid region and to resettle the Sudanese population driven away by the Aswan High Dam ( Sad al-Aali ) in Egypt, which flooded 500 km of the Nile Valley in southern Egypt and northern Sudan.

In December 1940, Cavallero argued to the Italian High Command ( Commando Supremo ) that the Italian forces in East Africa should abandon offensive actions against the Sudan and against the Suez Canal.

Denim Air mainly targeted African, Asian and other willing markets, operating for United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees in Sudan and Central Africa, for the Norwegian Army in Afghanistan, for Veba Oil in Libya.

In 2003, the National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums ( NCAM ) of the Republic of Sudan launched an international appeal for rescuing the archaeological sites which are going to be inundated by the floods of the Hamdab High Dam currently under construction near Merowe in the Fourth Cataract region of northern Sudan.

The Merowe Dam, also known as Merowe High Dam, Merowe Multi-Purpose Hydro Project or Hamdab Dam, is a large dam near Merowe Town in northern Sudan, about north of the capital Khartoum.

Farwell Independent School District and Sudan Independent School District, which are based in nearby counties, extend into Bailey County and serve small portions of it.

The City of Sudan is served by the Sudan Independent School District.

Notable faculty members at the Walsh School of Foreign Service include former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former Undersecretary of Defense Douglas Feith, former Polish President Aleksander Kwaśniewski, former National Security Advisor Anthony Lake, Ambassador Donald McHenry, former CIA Director George Tenet, former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister and current Malaysian Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim, former World Bank VP Callisto Madavo, former Dean Peter F. Krogh, former USAID head, former Special Envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios, Ambassador of Israel to the United States Michael Oren, former Prime Minister of Spain José María Aznar, and former President of Colombia Alvaro Uribe Velez.

The Kitchener School of Medicine, the first medical school in Sudan, was established.

Sudan University of Science and Technology started as the Khartoum Technical School and School of Commerce.

Although the Government of Chad and the Government of Sudan signed the Tripoli Agreement on February 8, 2006, officially ending hostilities, fighting continues.

The small industrial sector remains in the doldrums, spending for the war continues to preempt other social investments, and Sudan ’ s inadequate and declining infrastructure inhibits economic growth.

The river continues north to Nimule, where it enters South Sudan and becomes known as the Bahr al Jabal (" River of the Mountain ").

Tamarindus indica is indigenous to tropical Africa, particularly in Sudan, where it continues to grow wild ; it is also cultivated in Cameroon, Nigeria and Tanzania.

Uganda and Sudan have resumed diplomatic relations and exchanged Ambassadors ; however, Uganda continues to accuse Sudan of supporting the LRA.

In 2005, Iran Khodro announced that it had sold the discontinued Paykan's automobile production line to the Khartoum Transportation Company in Sudan, while auto-parts production for the Paykan still continues by third party manufacturers in Iran.

PETRONAS continues to focus on international exploration projects as 40 % of revenue in 2008 was derived from international projects such as Iran, Sudan, Chad and Mauritania.

It continues in use in South Sudan until the. ss TLD becomes operational ( pending ).

After a ferry link up on the Nile, the railway continues in Sudan from Wadi Halfa to Khartoum at the narrow gauge ; see Northern Africa Railroad Development.

Sadly, the suffering of her people in Sudan continues.

It continues to view the National Democratic Alliance as a long term alliance that could rightly guide the political movement in Sudan.

There is no agreement on when and where this Urheimat existed, though the language is generally believed to have originated somewhere in or near the region stretching from the Levant / Near East to the area between the Eastern Sahara and the Horn of Africa, including Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan.

However, the 9 / 11 Commission found that although " former Sudanese officials claim that Sudan offered to expel Bin Laden to the United States ", " we have not found any reliable evidence to support the Sudanese claim.

The army uses its artillery systems and tanks, but well-equipped insurgents have probably managed to destroy over 20 of Chad's 60 tanks, and probably shot down a Mi-24 Hind gunship, which has bombed enemy positions near the border with Sudan.

Population censuses have been carried out in Sudan in 1955 / 56, 1973 ( national ), 1983 ( national ) and 1993 ( only north ).

The varieties of Arabic are considerably different from each other-especially those spoken in North Africa ( Maghreb ) from those of the Middle East ( the Mashriq in the broad definition including Egypt and Sudan )-and had there been the political will in the different Arab countries to cut themselves off from each other, the case could have been made to declare these varieties as separate languages.

Egypt and Sudan have enjoyed intimate and longstanding historical ties, seeing as they are each other's closest allies in the North African region.

Expeditions by Ezana into the Kingdom of Kush at Meroe in Sudan may have brought about its demise, though there is evidence that the kingdom was experiencing a period of decline beforehand.

More recently, fish, flowers, salt, and textiles have joined the list of exports, and Sudan is no longer a major trading partner.

Ties between Iraq and Sudan have since improved.

Some like Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Sudan, Yemen, Afghanistan, Iraq, Uzbekistan and Malaysia have high levels of hostility due to the influence of religion and politics.

The Hausa people of Sudan have a term equivalent to lesbian, kifi, that may also be applied to males to mean " neither party insists on a particular sexual role ".

Most of the gravel roads in southern Sudan have become unusable after being heavily mined by the insurgent southern forces of the Sudanese People's Liberation Army ( SPLA ).

Sudan Airways's operations have generally shown losses, and in the early 1980s the corporation was reportedly receiving an annual government subsidy of about £ Sd500, 000.

The military and allied militias have fought in the Sudanese Civil War, the Darfur Conflict, the Sudan – SPLM-N conflict and the 2012 South Sudan-Sudan border conflict.

Egypt and Sudan have enjoyed intimate and longstanding historical ties, seeing as they are each other's closest allies in the North African region.

On February 27, 2008, Sudan decided to boycott Danish goods after the controversial Muhammad cartoons have been reprinted by a series of newspapers in Denmark and other European countries.

For decades, Russia and Sudan have maintained a strong economic and politically strategic partnership.

Although on opposing sides of the Middle East Peace Process spectrum, Turkey and Sudan have in recent years joined forces to end the ongoing conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians.

Ties between Iraq and Sudan have since improved.

Due to both states sharing the same religion, being former British colonies, and refusing to recognize Israel as a legitimate nation, Pakistan and Sudan have shared generally close and warm relations for decades.

Conflicts between the government and rebel groups — the civil war involving north-south tensions, the Darfur conflict involving Arab-tribespeople tensions in the Darfur region in the west — have resulted in rape, torture, killings, and massive population displacements ( estimated at over 2 million in 2007 ), earning Sudan comparison to Rwanda in the press.

There have also been several reported cases of crucifixions carried out in Sudan.

Muslim states with blended sources of law: Muslim countries including Pakistan, Indonesia, Afghanistan, Egypt, Sudan and Morocco have legal systems strongly influenced by sharia, but also cede ultimate authority to their constitutions and the rule of law.

Wall Street firms have however also contributed to projects such as Habitat for Humanity as well as done food programs in Haiti and trauma centers in Sudan and rescue boats during floods in Bangladesh.

As of November 2009, 193 countries have ratified, accepted, or acceded to it ( some with stated reservations or interpretations ) including every member of the United Nations except Somalia and the United States, as well as the new nation of South Sudan.