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Fishing industry in Sudan. Fishing in Sudan is largely carried out by the traditional sector for subsistence, although a number of small operators also use the country's major reservoirs and the rivers to catch fish for sale locally and in nearby urban centers. [1] There are also some modern fishing ventures, mainly on Lake Nubia and in the Red ...
The Soudan Banks are a series of underwater high points and reefs off the coast of Africa, known for their good fishing yields as fishing banks. They are administered by Mauritius. The five banks (actually a single feature) lie on the Mascarene plateau. North Soudan contains large salmon stocks. South Soudan is the largest of the banks, with ...
1622 [1] Satellite image of the swamp around the time of the wet season. The Sudd (Arabic: السد, romanized: as-Sudd, Dinka: Toc) is a vast swamp in South Sudan, formed by the White Nile 's Baḥr al-Jabal section. The Arabic word sudd is derived from sadd (سد), meaning "barrier" [2] or "obstruction". [3] The term "the sudd" has come to ...
The Dinka people (Dinka: Jiɛ̈ɛ̈ŋ) are a Nilotic ethnic group native to South Sudan.The Dinka mostly live along the Nile, from Mangalla-Bor [1] to Renk, in the region of Bahr el Ghazal, Upper Nile (two out of three Provinces that were formerly part of southern Sudan), and the Abyei Area of the Ngok Dinka in South Sudan.
South Sudan. Headquarters. Juba. Minister responsible. Onyoti Adigo Nyikec, Minister of Animal Resources and Fisheries. The Ministry of Animal Resources and Fisheries is now the called the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries in the newly formed government of national unity. This ministry was renamed following the formation of Transitional ...
South Sudan has the second highest proportion of women working in agriculture, forestry and fishing in the world. South Sudan is rich in agricultural land and has one of the largest populations of pastoralists in the world. [22] However, since 1999, when Sudan first started exporting oil, agricultural production in the country had declined.
South Sudan's modern history is closely tied to that of Sudan. These ties began in the 19th century with the southward expansion of the Ottoman Khedivate of Egypt and the establishment of Turco-Egyptian Sudan with the land that makes up modern South Sudan remaining a part of Sudan through the Mahdist State, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and the Republic ...
Sudd swamps observed from space. The wildlife of South Sudan refers to the natural flora and fauna of South Sudan. South Sudan includes the Sudd, one of the world's largest wetlands. [1] According to the American biologist and conservationist, J. Michael Fay, South Sudan "could present the biggest migration of large mammals on earth", [1] while ...