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| LOCATION: |
Africa & The Middle East |
| GOVERNMENT: |
Government of National Unity (GNU) - the National Congress Party (NCP) and Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) formed a power-sharing government under the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). |
| OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: |
Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages, English. |
| MAJOR RELIGION(S): |
Sunni Muslim 70% (in north), Christian 5% (mostly in south and Khartoum), indigenous beliefs 25%. |
| MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS: |
Black 52%, Arab 39%, Beja 6%, foreigners 2%, other 1%. |
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