Sudan is a nation in northeastern Africa that is surrounded by South Sudan to the south, Ethiopia to the southeast, Eritrea to the east, Egypt to the north, Libya to the northwest, Chad to the west, and the Central African Republic to the southwest. Khartoum serves as the Sudan's capital...
South Sudan produces ~170,000 barrels of oil per day, out of which it gives 10,000 barrels to Sudan as transportation fees because the oil has to go through Sudan to reach Port Sudan where it is loaded into cargo ships. In effect, Sudan receives ~$18 million from South Sudan’s oil ...
Refugees in Sudanese Aid Camp Portend Famine; Thousands Flee Southern Countryside Where Officials Say Food Reserves Are ExhaustedMary Batiatta
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Middle Eastern countries, and bread has been revered in all of those places. But my first introduction to this obsession was in Cairo where bread is called ‘aish’ in colloquial Egyptian Arabic, which literally means ‘life’. In the rest of the Arab world, bread is known as ‘khubz’....
The Temple of Kom Ombo in Egypt is known as the Crocodile Temple because it's dedicated to Sobek, the crocodile god. The temple is also dedicated to Haroeris, the falcon god. Crocodile mummies are found in many Egyptian tombs, and were an important part of ancient Egyptian religion and ri...
It was such a lovely surprise to meet you in North Sydney, and so helpful to us. Wendy’s Garden is so beautiful. I’ll have to do a blog item on it. If you want to follow the blog, just put your email address in the Follow This Blog box at the top right (then you’ll get...
Where in the world is Kenya? GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT Kenya is located on the east coast of Africa and is bordered by Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania. The main cities are Nairobi (the capital), Mombasa (the main port), Nakuru, and Kisumu. ...
Today most cross-desert transport is through an extensive tarmac road network in addition to transport by air and sea. Tuareg camel caravansstill travel on the traditional Saharan routes, carrying salt from the desert interior to communities on the desert edges. ...
calais is a small port city roughly 20 miles from dover, england. migrants from north africa and the middle east began flocking there in the late 1990s, hoping to stow away on ferries and trains crossing the english channel. although the settlement grew over the years, the french government ...