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Sudanese Armed Forces (القوات المسلحة السودانية)
Sudanese Armed Forces (القوات المسلحة السودانية, SAF), Sudan's regular military descended from the 1925 Sudan Defence Force, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, about 134,000 strong, at war with the RSF since April 2023.
Sudanese corps
The Sudanese corps (السودانيون) was the African infantry of the Fatimid army in Egypt, recruited largely from Nubia; its rivalry with the Turkish troops ended in defeat in the 1060s.
Sudanese dinar
The Sudanese dinar was the currency of Sudan from June 1992 until 2007, introduced at 1 dinar = 10 old pounds and replaced under the 2005 peace agreement.
Sudanese literature
Sudanese literature (الأدب السوداني) is the written and oral literature of Sudan, carried mainly in Arabic, with its modern written form emerging in the early twentieth century.
Sudanese peace process
Sudanese peace process: negotiations to end Sudan's wars, from the 1972 Addis Ababa and 2005 CPA and 2020 Juba Agreement to post-2023 mediation tracks (Jeddah, Quad, Quintet) between SAF and RSF, and why ceasefires keep collapsing.
Sudanese pop (modern Sudanese pop)
Sudanese pop, also known as فن الغناء السوداني, is popular music rooted in Khartoum that grew from the golden era of orchestral radio singing led by Mohammed Wardi.
Sudanese pound
The Sudanese pound (SDG) is the official currency of Sudan, issued by the Central Bank of Sudan in Khartoum and introduced in January 2007 to replace the Sudanese dinar.
Sudanese style mosques in northern Côte d’Ivoire
Sudanese style mosques in northern Côte d’Ivoire: eight earthen mosques at Tengréla, Kouto, Sorobango, Samatiguila, Nambira, Kong and Kaouara, UNESCO World Heritage since 2021, criteria (ii) and (iv).
Sudanese transition to democracy (2019–2021)
Sudan's 2019–2021 democratic transition: after Omar al-Bashir's April 2019 overthrow, the FFC and military signed a constitutional charter creating a power-sharing Sovereign Council under Hamdok, ended by Burhan's October 2021 coup.
Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally
Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally (US-RDA, Union soudanaise – Rassemblement démocratique africain), Mali's ruling nationalist party founded 1945 by Modibo Keita and Mamadou Konaté; led Mali to independence in 1960, ruled as sole socialist party until the 1968 coup, and dissolved into the UM-RDA in 2010.
Sudanic Congo - Oubangi
Sudanic Congo - Oubangi (FEOW ID 535) is an Afrotropic freshwater ecoregion covering the Ubangi basin except the Uele, plus the Congo mainstem to Malebo Pool, with fauna transitional between Nilo-Sudanian and Congolian.
Sudano-Sahelian architecture
Sudano-Sahelian architecture, also called Sahelian architecture, is the indigenous earthen building tradition of West Africa's Sahel and savanna, marked by mud-brick walls, projecting toron beams, and landmark mosques at Djenné and Timbuktu in Mali.
Sudanta
Sudanta (सुदन्त, also Sudatta) was a minor arahant of the Theravada commentarial tradition, a contemporary of the Buddha known almost entirely through one verse, Theragatha 37.
Sudarsana Curna
Sudarsana Curna (Sudarshana churna) is a polyherbal Ayurvedic powder for fever, from Bhaishajyaratnavali, with Swertia chirata or Andrographis paniculata as chief ingredient; safety and COVID-19 trials exist.
Sudarshan Kriya
Sudarshan Kriya (SKY) is a rhythmic cyclical breathing technique of slow, medium, and fast breath cycles, created in 1982 by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and taught by the Art of Living Foundation, studied for anxiety, depression, and PTSD.
Sudarshan Shetty
Sudarshan Shetty, born 1961 in Mangalore, is a contemporary Indian artist based in Mumbai known for large-scale, often mechanically animated sculptural installations built from everyday objects and reclaimed wood.
Sudarshan Venu
Sudarshan Venu is an Indian business heir, son of Venu Srinivasan, who became Chairman and Managing Director of TVS Motor Company, the world's third-largest two-wheeler maker, in 2025.
Sudarshana Chakra (सुदर्शन चक्र)
The Sudarshana Chakra (सुदर्शन चक्र) is the discus of the Hindu god Vishnu, a fiery weapon that returns when thrown and is also worshipped as a deity.
Sudās
Sudās (सुदास) was a king of the Bharata tribe who won the Battle of the Ten Kings on the Parushni (Ravi) river, establishing Bharata pre-eminence in the region.
Südburg inscription
The Südburg inscription is a six-line Hieroglyphic Luwian royal text carved in a chamber at Boğazköy-Ḫattuša, attributed to King Šuppiluliuma, probably Šuppiluliuma II, in the late 13th century BC.
Sudbury Basin
The Sudbury Basin is an elliptical geological basin in Ontario, Canada, created by a giant meteorite impact 1.85 billion years ago, hosting major Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits.
Sudbury impact event
The Sudbury impact event was a chondritic asteroid collision in what is now Ontario, Canada, about 1.85 billion years ago, leaving one of Earth's three largest known impact structures.
Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) was a heavy-water neutrino detector 2 km underground in Ontario that operated from 1999 to 2006 and solved the solar neutrino problem.
Sudbury Wolves
Sudbury Wolves, Ontario Hockey League major junior team in Sudbury, Ontario, since 1972 (from the Niagara Falls Flyers franchise); plays at Sudbury Community Arena, owned by Dario Zulich's SWSE, never won an OHL title, moving to a new downtown Event Centre in 2028.
Sudd
The Sudd is Africa's largest wetland, a White Nile floodplain swamp in South Sudan covering about 57,000 km2, a 2006 Ramsar site famed for shoebill and antelope migrations and threatened by the unfinished Jonglei Canal.
Sudden approximation
The sudden approximation is a quantum mechanics method for a Hamiltonian changing much faster than the system's timescales, so the state stays frozen during the switch.
Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome
Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome (SADS), also called autopsy-negative sudden unexplained death, is sudden cardiac death with a structurally normal heart and negative toxicology; family screening yields about 12% and molecular autopsy about 11%.
Sudden cardiac death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Sudden cardiac death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the leading cause of death in HCM; risk scores such as HCM Risk-SCD estimate five-year risk to guide implantable cardioverter-defibrillator decisions.
Sudden cardiac death of athletes
Sudden cardiac death of athletes: unexpected cardiac death during sport, the leading medical cause of athlete death. Incidence 0.24-6.8 per 100,000 person-years; causes differ by age; screening and AED-based prevention debated.
Sudden Death (1995 film)
Sudden Death is a 1995 American action thriller directed by Peter Hyams, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as a firefighter battling terrorists at a hockey game.