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The Sudans
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This article was created in 2014, about three years after South Sudan became independent from Sudan. It presents the combination of these two countries as a "region", but that region is no more than the former Sudan. The sources do not support the presentation of this area as a region outside of that, and I can't find much significant treatment on it as a distinct region elsewhere.
There are obvious links between the two neighbouring countries, but these should be covered at South Sudan–Sudan relations. The current content is a WP:SYNTH of the topics from the two modern countries, or coverage of pre-2011 Sudan. More importantly, there was historically a wider Sudan region, but it was not this one. We have Sudan (region), which redirects to Sudanian savanna. This regional use is rare in modern times, but does turn up in historical writing, for example being used in the title of Islamization of the Sudan region, and of course French Sudan.
There does not seem to be much here to merge, the content is short and much was taken from existing articles anyway. As for the title, it does match a book; I don't know if the book is notable, but it does dominate prominent google hits for this term. Otherwise, the term might be useful for someone searching for information about the multiple Sudans, including the French one, so I would not be opposed to a redirect to Sudanian savanna (perhaps changed if an article on the historical region/term is ever created). CMD (talk) 02:04, 8 August 2026 (UTC)
- Note: this discussion has been included in the AfD sorting lists for the following topics: Mali, South Sudan, and Sudan. CMD (talk) 02:12, 8 August 2026 (UTC)
- Delete "the Sudans" is not a commonly used regional term. Even if it was, I doubt it would be notable due to the use-mention distinction. HerrHeulsuse (talk) 06:22, 8 August 2026 (UTC)