Sudan cultural definition

Republic in northeastern Africa, bordered on the north by Egypt (see also Egypt); on the east by the Red Sea and Ethiopia; on the south by Kenya, Uganda, and Democratic Republic of Congo; and on the west by the Central African Republic, Chad, and Libya. Its capital is Khartoum, and its largest city is Omdurman.

• Sudan was under the joint rule of Britain and Egypt (though Britain exercised actual control) from 1899 to 1956.
• Recently, it has been plagued by famine and civil war.