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Darfur (/ d ɑːr ˈ f ʊər / dar-FOOR; Arabic: دار فور, romanized: Dār Fūr, lit. 'Realm of the Fur') is a region of western Sudan. Dār is an Arabic word meaning "home [of]" – the region was named Dardaju (Arabic: دار داجو, romanized: Dār Dājū) while ruled by the Daju, who migrated from Meroë c. 350 AD, and it was renamed Dartunjur (Arabic: دار تنجر, romanized ...
Map of Darfur Region with district borders in Sudan: Date: 4 October 2006: Source: ... Source=own work, based on Image:Sudan district map.svg |Date=4. Oktober 2006 ...
The Darfur genocide was the systematic killing of ethnic Darfuri people during the War in Darfur.The genocide, which was carried out against the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa ethnic groups, led the International Criminal Court (ICC) to indict several people for crimes against humanity, rape, forced transfer and torture.
Map of Sudan. This is a list of ... South Darfur: 492,984 5: Port Sudan: Red Sea: 394,561 6: El-Obeid: ... List of metropolitan areas in Africa; List of largest ...
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This area known as the Bahr el Ghazal had long been the source of the goods that Darfur would trade to Egypt and North Africa, especially slaves and ivory. The natives of Bahr el Ghazal paid tribute to Darfur, and these were the chief articles of merchandise sold by the Darfurians to the Egyptian traders along the Darb el-Arbaʿīn road to Asyut .
Kabkabiya is a district of North Darfur state, Sudan. [1] [2] Kabkabiya is home to a military base and has been a main location with the Battle of Kabkabiya during the 2023 Sudan war. [3] In May 2004, it held 45,000–95,000 internally displaced persons during the War in Darfur. [4]
The War in Darfur, also nicknamed the Land Cruiser War, [note 1] was a major armed conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan that began in February 2003 when the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebel groups began fighting against the government of Sudan, which they accused of oppressing Darfur's non-Arab population.