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Britain fought a war with Mahdist Sudan in the Mahdist War from 1881 until November 1899. Between 1899 and the country's independence in 1956, Sudan (then known as "Anglo-Egyptian Sudan") was an Anglo-Egyptian condominium. Although New Year's Day 1956 marked Sudan's independence, the British actually transferred power in 1954. [1]
South Sudan: 2011 [65] Africa: Eastern Africa: 13,670,642 Gained independence from the United Kingdom as part of Sudan in 1956. Gained independence from Sudan in 2011. [66] South Sudan is a member of the East African Community. Suriname [67] 2012 Americas: South America: 555,934
South Yemen: Protectorate of South Arabia Federation of South Arabia 30 November: 1967: Merged with North Yemen to form Yemen in 1990 Sri Lanka: Ceylon: 4 February: 1948: Gained independence as the Dominion of Ceylon. Renamed Sri Lanka in 1972 upon being declared a republic. Sudan: 1 January: 1956 South Sudan gained independence from Sudan on 9 ...
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to South Sudan is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of South Sudan. South Sudan became an independent state on 9 July 2011 and the British Consulate General in the capital, Juba, was upgraded to a full Embassy. The portakabin-based British Consulate in Juba in 2008
See Foreign relations of South Sudan. The UK established diplomatic relations with South Sudan on 9 July 2011. [199] [better source needed] South Sudan maintains a embassy in London. The United Kingdom is accredited to South Sudan through its embassy in Juba. [280] The UK governed South Sudan from 1899 to 1956, when Sudan achieved full ...
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Arabic: السودان الإنجليزي المصري as-Sūdān al-Inglīzī al-Maṣrī) was a condominium of the United Kingdom and Egypt between 1899 and 1956, corresponding mostly to the territory of present-day South Sudan and Sudan. Legally, sovereignty and administration were shared between both Egypt and the ...
According to the 2011 UK Census, a total of 18,381 people born in Sudan were living in the UK: 16,578 in England, 889 in Wales, [6] 749 in Scotland [7] and 165 in Northern Ireland. [8] The National Association of British Arabs (NABA) categorises Sudan-born immigrants as Arabs.
Sudan was relatively quiet in the late 1920s and 1930s. During this period, the colonial government favored indirect rule, which allowed Britain to govern through indigenous leaders. In Sudan, the traditional leaders were the shaykhs (of villages, tribes, and districts) in the north and tribal chiefs in the south.