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Thanksgiving – and A Military Coup – in Sudan
Reposted for Thanksgiving 2012: In 1988 I became COP (Chief of Party) of the field component of a large natural resource management project in Western Sudan that was funded by USAID (US Agency for International Development). Situated south of el-Obeid, … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Food, Food & Politics, Humanitarian Assistance, Research & Development, Social Life, Sudan
Tagged el obeid, Geographic information system, Geographic Positioning System, gum arabic tree, Sudan, Sudanese, Thanksgiving, United States Agency for International Development, united states geological service
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