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Sudan

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Location

The Resume

    (January 1, 1956- )
    Independent from Egypt and UK
    Capital is Khartoum
    Largest country in Africa
    Borders Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya and Uganda
    Official language is Arabic

Why Sudan might be annoying:

    The north is mostly desert.
    The people suffer dust storms
    Poaching is killing off the wildlife.
    Water is in short supply.
    Less than half the population celebrates their 58th birthday.
    The government wants the people to give up their languages of Nubian, Ta Bedawie, Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic and English in favor of Arabic.
    Less than half the population can read and write.
    The Northern area is subjected to Islamic law, regardless of the religion of the residence.
    The US Embassy left Sudan for security reasons (February 1996).
    Sudan has been in civil war with political instability for quite awhile.
    The government owes a huge foreign debt.
    The International Monetary Fund declared Sudan non-cooperative due to nonpayment (1990).
    During the '90s, 1/3 of the Sudanese work force was unemployed.
    The people have boundary disputes with Kenya and Egypt.
    During the '60s, a woman in a miniskirt caused a riot in the shopping area of Khartoum.
    Southern Sudan voted in a week-long referendum on whether or not to separate from the rest of the country (January 9-15 2011)

Why Sudan might not be annoying:

    The Red Sea and the Nile go through Sudan.
    Copper, zinc, tungsten, silver and gold can be mined here.
    It has one of the best telephone systems in Africa, but only one in 500 have a telephone.
    The nilotic blacks in the south are animist (belief that every living thing has a soul).
    Winston Churchill saw action as a soldier in Sudan.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 111 Votes: 42.34% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 18 Votes: 11.11% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 45 Votes: 57.78% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 24 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 148 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 119 Votes: 50.42% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 23 Votes: 56.52% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 31 Votes: 16.13% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 59 Votes: 61.02% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 95 Votes: 53.68% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 54 Votes: 64.81% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 46 Votes: 80.43% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 261 Votes: 68.97% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 189 Votes: 68.25% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 103 Votes: 72.82% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 66 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 80 Votes: 66.25% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 205 Votes: 74.15% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 269 Votes: 61.34% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 338 Votes: 67.46% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 791 Votes: 66.50% Annoying