The Embassy of Sudan in

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is the

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of the Republic of Sudan to the

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. It is located at 2210

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, in the

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neighborhood. The ambassador is Nureldin Mohamed Hamed Satti.

Events

Groups have been holding monthly vigils at the embassy, about the Darfur conflict. On March 16, 2012, actor

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was arrested outside the embassy for

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References

External links

Official website
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wikimapia

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

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