That Sudanese govt knows how to win friends AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE.


SEBU, SUDAN — The tranquil Nubian villages along this Nile River stretch are best known for the brightly painted gates that adorn many of the simple mud-brick homes. With geometric shapes and hieroglyphic-like pictures, the oversized gates hark back to the stone-carved doorways the villagers' ancestors once built on pyramids that rivaled Egypt's.

These days, however, the elaborate entryways are shadowed by black flags. Government soldiers patrol once-quiet dirt streets, occasionally drawing stones from angry youths. Protest graffiti mar the walls, including one scrawling of an AK-47 with the simple caption: "Darfur 2."

First, southern Sudan erupted in a 20-year civil war, followed by the east and, most recently, the western region of Darfur. Now many fear that Sudan's northern territory of Nubia will be the next to explode over the fight for resources and all-too-familiar accusations of "ethnic cleansing" and complaints of marginalization by an Arab-dominated government.


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If they were to find a giant oil reseve in that area they couldn't find enough room for troops that would intervene on the ordinary peoples behalf. They are black and the world as a whole could care less about them. IMO. All they get is lip service.

When I was in the Army I was stationed for awhile at Asmara, Ethiopis and spent some trime in the Nubian area. Cool people and tall! This area has been neglected by everyone, even the Brits crapped on them back in the day.