From Khartoum, it is a bumpy drive into Ethiopia, where you can trace the Blue Nile to Lake Tana.
The Blue Nile moves fast through the city, careening against the riverbanks as if it's already late for something.
It is in Gondar that castles built in the 7th century overlook Lake Tana , the source of the Blue Nile .
The Blue Nile originates in the country's Lake Tana and flows hundreds of miles north into Sudan and then Egypt before eventually flowing into the Mediterranean.
We spent the night in Wad Madani, on the Blue Nile, which flows from Ethiopia's Lake Tana to join the White Nile in the capital of Khartoum.
Sudanese workers are busy with Khartoum's face lift, especially on Nile Road, running along the Blue Nile River past the grand palace grounds and government ministries, the road's median lined with newly planted pink bougainvillea and palm trees, running up to a brand-new development built especially for the African heads of state due here for the two-day meeting beginning January 23rd.
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland urged South Sudan last month to cease military support for rebels fighting the Khartoum government in the states of Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan.
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This capital city is located at the confluence of the Blue and White Nile Rivers - rivers that have carried sultans and pharaohs, treasure seekers and explorers, soldiers and slaves from the beginning of time.
The shares of diamond and jewelry concern Blue Nile (NILE) are being pounded this morning, with the stock down more than 24% in electronic trading.
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Southern Kordofan, Blue Nile and the Nuba Mountain region straddle Sudan and South Sudan's ethnic and political lines.
Creating a website that looks good and makes it easy for men to learn about diamonds before buying has turned Blue Nile into the leading online seller of jewellery, confounding predictions that luxury and e-commerce would never mix.
"We've seen specialization work in the success of companies like Zappos, Blue Nile and New Egg, " Lore says.
Blue Nile soon will be easily navigated on the iPhone and iPad.
The group controls much of the Nuba mountains in Southern Kordofan and launches guerrilla raids in Blue Nile state.
New customers, which are defined as individuals who have not made a prior purchase from Blue Nile, grew 7.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012 compared to the fourth quarter of 2011.
Jamam is one of three Upper Nile camps sheltering at least 113, 000 refugees who have crossed the frequently unmarked border to escape a counter-insurgency campaign in neighbouring Blue Nile state conducted by heavily armed Sudanese government troops.
Blue Nile was one of several diamond or jewellery sites launched during the late 1990s, but its need to preserve capital after the dotcom crash led to a crucial innovation in its business model.
Last weekend, the Government of Sudan signed a possible agreement of humanitarian access to Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile, where over 665, 000 people are in need.
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