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Sudan must rewrite laws to protect rape victims
Sudan joint defence body urges police to apologize after raid on barracks
Sudan to probe claims of rape published in UNs report
The Sudan is the largest country in Africa with an area of nearly 2.5 million sq km/1 million sq mi.
During the rainy season in the south and centre of the Sudan, southerly and southwesterly winds replace the northeasterlies.
The tables for Khartoum and Port Sudan are representative of the northern desert regions of the Sudan.
The conflict in Sudan's Darfur region has distracted world attention from a greater potential disaster - the possible collapse of that country's historic north-south peace treaty, Sudanese officials, Western analysts and former diplomats agree.
Sudan's Arab-dominated north and fl African south have been in conflict almost continuously since the country gained independence in 1956.
Even as political leaders declare their firm commitment to peace, the Sudanese Armed Forces of the north and the once rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army of the south are reinforcing positions along the contested border, where most oil reserves lie, diplomats, analysts and Sudanese officials say.
Sudan was a collection of independent kingdoms and principalities until 1820 when Egypt conquered the region and united the disparate territories.