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Fashoda Incident

(Encyclopedia)Fashoda Incident fəshōˈdə [key], 1898, diplomatic dispute between France and Great Britain. Toward the end of the 19th cent., while Britain was seeking to establish a continuous strip of territory...

Kordofan

(Encyclopedia)Kordofan: see Kurdufan, Sudan.

Kassala

(Encyclopedia)Kassala, Sudan: see Kasala.

Sannar

(Encyclopedia)Sannar, Sudan: see Sennar.

Kodok

(Encyclopedia)Kodok fəshōˈdə [key], town, NE South Sudan, on the White Nile. In 1898 it was the scene of the Fashoda Incident, which brought Britain and France to the brink of war and resulted, in 1899, in an A...

Jazirah, Al

(Encyclopedia)Jazirah, Al, Sudan: see Gezira, Al. ...

Jebel Aulia

(Encyclopedia)Jebel Aulia, Sudan: see Jabal Awliya. ...

Nubia, Lake

(Encyclopedia)Nubia, Lake, Sudan: see Nasser, Lake. ...

Obeid, El

(Encyclopedia)Obeid, El: see Al Ubayyid, Sudan. ...

Bahr el Abiad

(Encyclopedia)Bahr el Abiad, river, Sudan: see White Nile. ...