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DescriptionSudan independence 2.png
English: Sudan's flag raised at independence ceremony in the 1st of January 1956 by the Prime Minister Ismail al-Aazhari and opposition leader Mohamed Ahmed al-Mahjoub
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Sudan Films Unit (former unit during British colonization)
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