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Population: The 1997 estimated population of Sudan was 32,594,128, giving the country an overall population density of 13 persons per sq km (34 per sq mi). The most densely settled area is at the juncture of the White Nile and the Blue Nile.
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USAID, on behalf of the American people, is the leading international donor to Sudan and has contributed more than $2 billion for humanitarian programs in the country and eastern Chad since fiscal year 2004. In the Darfur region alone, USAID provides life-saving assistance to more than 3 million people affected by the conflict.
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In 1997-NOV, citing Sudan's human rights record, the U.S. imposed economic sanctions on the country. In 1998-OCT, when the U.S. Freedom from Religious Persecution bill was signed into law by President Clinton, further sanctions were imposed.
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The government of Sudan on Sunday gave the top U.N. official in the country three days to leave, marking the latest hurdle in international efforts to bring peace to the nation torn apart by civil war.
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In the early 1990s, agriculture and livestock raising were the main sources of livelihood in Sudan for about 61 percent of the working population. Agricultural products regularly accounted for about 95 percent of the country's exports. Industry was mostly agriculturally-based, accounting for 15 percent of GDP in 1988. The average annual growth of agricultural production declined in the 1980s to 0.8 percent for the period 1980-87, as compared with 2.9 percent for the period 1965-80. Similarly, the sector's total contribution to GDP declined over the years, as the other sectors of the economy expanded. Total sectoral activities, which contributed an estimated 40 percent of GDP in the early 1970s, had fluctuated during the 1980s and represented about 36 percent in 1988.
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In the 1890s, the British sought to re-establish their control over Sudan, once more officially in the name of the Egyptian Khedive, but in actuality treating the country as British imperial territory. By the early 1890s, British, French, and Belgian claims had converged at the Nile headwaters. Britain feared that the other imperial powers would take advantage of Sudan's instability to acquire territory previously annexed to Egypt. Apart from these political considerations, Britain wanted to establish control over the Nile to safeguard a planned irrigation dam at Aswan.
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