Arab League - an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation

African country, African nation - countries occupying the African continent

Kordofan - a mountainous province of central Sudan

capital of Sudan, Khartoum - the capital of Sudan located at the confluence of the Blue Nile and White Nile

Nyala - city in Sudan

Port Sudan - port city in Sudan on the Red Sea

Omdurman - a city of Sudan; located in the central Sudan on the White Nile opposite Khartoum

Libyan Desert - the northeastern part of the Sahara Desert in Libya and Egypt and Sudan

Africa - the second largest continent; located south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean

Nile, Nile River - the world's longest river (4180 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization

Sudanese - a native or inhabitant of Sudan

battle of Omdurman, Omdurman - a battle (1898) in which an English and Egyptian army under Kitchener defeated the Sudanese

geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region - a demarcated area of the Earth

Nubian Desert - an arid sandstone plateau between the Nile and the Red Sea

Africa - the second largest continent; located south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean