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Volunteer Work Sudan
Sudan, with its population 47.7m (2024), has a complex history, cultural diversity, and geographical significance contribute to its unique identity in north-eastern Africa. Much of the copuntry is desert, especially in the north of the country where there are frequent famines and droughts compounding the problems of a country that became independent from the UK in 1956 only to see years of civil war. This war, though long over, destroyed so much of the country's infrastructure, and there are ongoing conflicts between those advocating for the vigorous extension of Islamic law and culture throughout the country and those favouring a secular government. As a result, today Sudan is in 172nd place out of 191 countries and territories in 2021 with levels of poverty and living standards that are significantly below that of other Arab states and even low human development.
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