{"id":136091,"date":"2024-10-07T20:00:28","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T14:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/?post_type=current-affairs&#038;p=136091"},"modified":"2024-10-08T18:45:58","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T13:15:58","slug":"sudan","status":"publish","type":"current-affairs","link":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/current-affairs\/sudan","title":{"rendered":"Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) launched a major offensive against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Khartoum and Bahri in Sudan.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">18 months into the civil war, the UN said that more than 20,000 people have been killed and a total of 10,890,722 was internally displaced persons (IDPs) as of October 1.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>About Sudan<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-136063 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/76-6703e163dc431.webp\" alt=\"Sudan\" width=\"348\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/76-6703e163dc431.webp 580w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/76-6703e163dc431-300x269.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Area &#038; Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Third-largest country in Africa, covering 1,886,068 sq. km.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Borders seven countries and has a coastline along the Red Sea.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Border Sharing:\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Egypt :<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> North<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Eritrea: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Northeast<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Ethiopia:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Southeast<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>South Sudan:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> South<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>The Central African Republic:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Southwest<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Chad: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">West<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Libya:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Northwest<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"vc_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pw.live\/batches\/upsc\/pw-only-ias?utm_source=seo+upsc+batch&#038;utm_medium=seo+upsc&#038;utm_campaign=seo&#038;utm_id=upsc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enroll now for UPSC Online Classes<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Major Geographic Regions<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Nubian Desert (North<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">): Rocky desert area.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Clay Plains (Central-South):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Fertile for agriculture.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Desert with Sand Dunes (West): <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Includes the vast <\/span><b>Libyan Desert.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Nile River Valley: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Formed by the convergence of the White Nile and Blue Nile at Khartoum.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Darfur Plateau &#038; Marrah Mountains: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Western Sudan, with the highest peak at <\/span><b>Deriba crater<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (3,042 m).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Red Sea Hills: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rugged hills in the east, with fast streams and a narrow coastal plain along the Red Sea.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Terrain: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vast plains and plateaus, largely arid with limited vegetation, drained by the Nile River system.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>History<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Largest country in Africa and the Arab League until South Sudan <\/span><b>seceded in 2011<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>War Zones: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khartoum, Bahri, Omdurman, Port Sudan, El Fasher, Darfur &#038; Kordofan<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"vc_table_green\"><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100.043%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 130.811%; 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