Since the country's independence in 1956, successive weak governments in Sudan have used tribe-based militias to fight proxy wars.

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In a preliminary proxy filing with the SEC, the cloud-based software company disclosed plans to ask holders to approve a quadrupling of the number of outstanding shares.

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