Land of White & Blue Nile–Sudan
Situated in northeast Africa, the Sudan is the largest country on the continent. It is bordered with Egypt to the north, Ethiopia and Eritrea to the southeast, Kenya, Uganda and Zaire to the south, the Central Africa Republic and Chad to the west and Libya to the northwest.
The greatest part of Sudan is vast plain traversed by the northward flowing Nile River and its tributaries. Widely separated mountain chains and many hilly areas reach a maximum altitude of 7,000ft. The northern area is mainly desert, with rock at or near the surface covered by thin soils of low fertility. The western undulating sandy wastes merge into the Red Sea Hills to the east.
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. Highest Point being  Kinyeti at 3,187m whereas Lowest Point is where it meets  Red Sea at 0m altitude.
Unrest in Sudan’s Darfur area erupted in recent past is attracting attention of west especially America whose eyes are closed on Palestine where millions of homeless people are subject to Israel atrocities for more then half a century, Unicef and even the journalists from democratic west do not have access to Kashmir but India being an important market and more important important  weapon aof west against sole nuclear power from Islamic world Pakistan the western eyes can not see any genocide , where Americans have killed hundreds of thousands Iraqis on a false report which has proved to be false and no American has been blamed for this Crusade yet and point to remember is that even UN who is very generous to US & West didn’t allow attacks on Iraq,world powers are standing with America and killing  Afghans in their homeland on just the presumption that attacks would be made by militants from Afghanistan, Millions of Afghanis are still living in neighboring countries since 1979 the Russian attack who have been bailed out. But  the American Secretary of state talks of Genocide in Sudan.
Beyond troubled Darfur lies an extraordinary country, and a culture of kindness to strangers. Discover the archaeological riches of Kush and Nubia, scuba dive in the Red Sea, or relax on a Nile cruise through colorful Khartoum
A member of the United Nations, Sudan also maintains membership with the AU, LAS, OIC and NAM, as well as serving as an observer in WTO.Its capital is Khartoum, which serves as the political, cultural and commercial centre of the nation, while Omdurman remains the largest city. Among Sudan’s population of 42 million people, Sunni Islam is the official and largest religion, while Arabic and English are the official languages.
Sudan was seized in a bloodless coup d’état by colonel Omar al-Bashirin 1989, who thereafter proclaimed himself President of Sudan.Sudan then achieved great economic growth by implementing macroeconomic reforms and finally ended the civil war by adopting a new constitution in 2005 with rebel groups in the south, granting them limited autonomy to be followed by a referendum about independence in 2011.Rich in natural resources such as petroleum and crude oil, Sudan’s economy is currently amongst the fastest growing in the world.The People’s Republic of China and Japan are the main export partners of Sudan.
Although the south does have troubles but north, west and East are the most peaceful areas and Sudan geographically is not a tiny state its area the largest in Africa and is placed at no 10 in the world. Area wise none except Russia is bigger in Europe and Africa than Sudan.The other important thing is its cheap flights from Europe are comparatively cheap then other destinations in East mainly thanks to Afriqiyah Airways and Turkish Airlines. KLM, Lufthansa, Kenya Airways, Royal Jordanian Airlines , Air France , Egypt Air ,Qatar Airways , Gulf Air , British Midlands , Emirates , Bahrain Air, Fly Dubai , Yemeniyah are some of the other airlines competing to bring passengers to Khartoum at cheaper rates.