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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: own work, ... Description=Map of Darfur Region with district borders in Sudan ...
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Before the secession of South Sudan on 9 July 2011, Sudan was the largest country in Africa and had 25 states. At its independence on 1 January 1956, Sudan was divided into 9 historic regions that had existed in 1948 (Bahr el-Ghazal, Blue Nile, Darfur, Equatoria, Kassala, Khartoum, Kordofan, Northern and Upper Nile).
The Darfur Regional Government was established by the Darfur Peace Agreement to act as a co-ordinating body for the states that make up the region of Darfur. The Eastern Sudan States Coordinating Council was established by the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement between the Sudanese Government and the rebel Eastern Front to act as a coordinating body ...
Sudan plunged into chaos in mid-April 2023 UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations food agency warned Sudan’s warring parties […] The post The UN warns Sudan’s warring parties that Darfur ...
North Darfur State (Arabic: ولاية شمال دارفور Wilāyat Šamāl Dārfūr; Shamal Darfor) is one of the wilayat or states of Sudan. It is one of the five states composing the Darfur region. It has an area of 296,420 km 2 and an estimated population of approximately 2,304,950 in 2018. Al-Fashir is the capital of the state.
More than 10,000 people have been killed in the Sudanese region of West Darfur in the past two months, tribal leaders say, amid a deadly conflict between two warring factions that has triggered a ...