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D. Besides those issues, the new nation faces many other challenges including at least seven active rebel groups. South Sudan is rich in oil, but is one of the least developed countries in the world, where one in seven children dies before the age of five.
B. Khartoum was established near the ancient city of Soba in 1821 by Ibrahim Pasha, the son of Egypt's ruler, Muhammad Ali Pasha, who had just incorporated Sudan into his realm. It now has an estimated population of more than 5 million people.
D. Khartoum is located at the confluence of the White Nile, which flows north through Juba from Lake Victoria, and the Blue Nile, which flows west from Ethiopia. The main Nile continues to flow north through Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea.
C. The Sahara is the world's second largest desert, after Antarctica. It covers most of Northern Africa, and it is almost as large as Europe or the United States.