Midob is an ethnic group in the Meidob Hills in Sudan

Sudan

Sudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...

. They speak Midob

Midob language

Midob is the language of the Midob people in North Darfur. It is genetically part of the Nubian language family which is part of the Nilo-Saharan language phylum. Apart from their homeland, Midob speakers also live in the Khartoum area and Jezirat Aba...

, a Nilo-Saharan language. The population of this ethnic group possibly exceeds 50,000.
Midob as an ethnic group, their roots go back to Merwatic Kingdom in Northern Sudan.Many historians like Brown(The history Of Sudanese Tribes)mentioned that Midob is the ruling family in the Nubian Civilization and their roots extends the pharoes in Egypt.