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Sudan: Port Sudan
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The dominating geographical feature of Sudan is the Nile River, formed near Khartoum by the confluence of the Blue Nile and White Nile Rivers. There are natural harbours at Port Sudan and Sawakin on the Red Sea. The highest elevations are in the Marra Mountains, the main mountain range.
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Sudan plans to counter US-driven UN Security Council sanctions via diplomacy, and a public relations campaign aimed at repairing its ‘damaged image’. Sudan blames the Western media’s portrayal of the Darfur conflict for constructing the negative image. Towards that goal, the Sudanese government invited journalists from the African subcontinent, supportive Arab states and China to observe the Conference of Intelligence and Security Services in Africa (CISSA) in Khartoum. The Sudanese government ... allowed the journalists a supervised trip to Darfur and Juba.
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There have been important economical developments in Sudan, which is the member of Common Market of East and South African Countries, depending on the increased petroleum production and exportation in recent years. The Sudanese economy has achieved the highest rate of growth after China all over world. It is envisaged that this rate of growth will gradually increase. The projects of infrastructure and superstructure have started to be implemented in a short time in Sudan. Sudan is on the transition roads in Africa. Thanks to the Port Sudan, it has an indispensable position for her neighboring countries such as Ethiopia, Chad and Republic of Central Africa which are land-locked.
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The Eastern Front had threatened to block the flow of crude oil, which travels from the oil fields of the south-central regions to outside markets through Port Sudan. A government plan to build a second oil refinery near Port Sudan was ... threatened. The government was reported to have three times as many soldiers in the east to suppress the rebellion and protect vital infrastructure as in the more widely reported Darfur region.
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U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick has taken on Sudan as part of his portfolio and is said to be working on the issue daily. He traveled to Darfur two weeks ago and said then he believed the AU is helping hold down the violence.
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