Like many of the countries in this part of Africa, Sudan became a British Colony in the late 1890’s after General Kitchener led an invasion of Anglo-Egyptian forces that culminated in the famous battle of Omdurman. Sudan proclaimed its independence in 1956 but unfortunately for the next forty years the country was gripped by famine and Africa’s longest running civil war between the Arabic government forces of the north and the Christian rebels from the south of the country.
In a historic peace agreement, the civil war, which took place in the southern Sudan, has recently ended. The treaty was signed at the start of 2005 and includes a provision allowing the southern states of Sudan to have a referendum in six years time to determine whether they want to become independent. It will however be some time before travel to this part of Sudan becomes possible.
Sudan has a stable government which has been in power for the last 15 years under the leadership of General Omar Hassan El Bashir. There is no risk travelling in northern Sudan – which is as far removed from southern Sudan as London is from Rome. Our representatives have been operating trips in Northern Sudan for nearly ten years and the people of Nubia are especially welcoming and hospitable
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