Africa – Sudan
Gary Younge (1969- )
Writer Gary Younge was born in January 1969 in Hertfordshire, England, to Barbadian parents. He grew up in the town...
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (1960- )
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the current ruler of Sudan, was born on July 11, 1960, in Gandatu, Sudan. He was educated...
Mohamed Naguib (1901-1984)
Mohamed Naguib was the first leader of the Egyptian Republic. He was born in Khartoum, Sudan on February 20, 1901,...
Ismail Al-Azhari (1900-1969)
Ismail Al-Azhari was the first Prime Minister of independent Sudan from 1954 to 1956 and, also, served as President of...
Salva Kiir Mayardit (1951- )
Salva Kiir Mayardit is the first and current President of South Sudan. Salva Kiir Mayardit (often referred to as Salva...
Al-Tayyib Salih (1929-2009)
Political novelist Al-Tayyib Salih, whose family background was both Arab and Nubian, was one of Sudan’s most significant authors of...
Ibrahim Omer (1978- )
Ibrahim Omer is an Eritrean-born New Zealander politician. He is best known for becoming the first African and second former...
Taharqa (?-664 B.C.E.)
Both a pharaoh of Egypt and a king of Kush (in present-day Sudan), Taharqa (meaning “young man” or “young warrior”)...
First Sudanese Civil War (1955-1972)
The First Sudanese Civil War was a twelve-year conflict between the northern and southern regions of Sudan between 1955 and...
