Sudan’s civil war blocks food to starving millions

Sep. 30, 2024

Q: Sudan’s military and its paramilitary rival have blocked the UN's humanitarian agencies from delivering aid to large areas of the war-torn country where half of Sudan’s 50 million people suffer from severe hunger and hundreds die daily from starvation. Where is Sudan in Northeast Africa?

Circle the area on this map

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Q: Last week fighting heated up in the nation’s capital as the Sudan Armed Forces bombed areas held by the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. What is the capital of Sudan?

A. Addis Ababa

B. Khartoum

C. N'Djamena

D. Tripoli

Q: Independent Sudan has experienced 19 military coup attempts, more than any other African nation. Who controlled the country before it gained independence in 1956?

A, British

B. French

C. Italians

D. Spanish

Q: The region that is now Sudan has connections to its northern neighbors in Egypt that go back thousands of years. What was the Sudan region called for most of its history?

A. Assyria

B. Macedonia

C. Nubia

D. Thebes

Q: In the current civil war, Egypt has backed the Sudan military. What Persian Gulf nation is supporting the paramilitary forces?

A. Jordan

B. Lybia

C. Turkey

D. United Arab Emirates

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