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Sudan: learning to smile after years of fighting (Part 3)

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Published 07 January, 2008, 21:52

Sudan is Africa's biggest country and the tenth largest in the world and has seen endless conflicts. It emerged from a 21 year civil war between the mainly Muslim North and the Animist and Christian South.

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The United Nations has been in the region since 2005 to monitor a peace agreement. Russian peacekeepers play a key role in bringing stability to the area.

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