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For other uses, see Darfur (disambiguation). Darfur ( / dɑːrˈfʊər / dar-FOOR; Arabic: دار فور, romanized : Dār Fūr, lit. 'Realm of the Fur ') is a region of western Sudan.
- Darfur Genocide
The Darfur genocide is the systematic killing of ethnic...
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The recorded history of Darfur begins in the seventeenth...
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4 days ago · Darfur, historical region of the Billād al-Sūdān (Arabic: “Land of the Blacks”), roughly corresponding to the westernmost portion of present-day Sudan. It lay between Kordofan to the east and Wadai to the west and extended southward to the Al-Ghazāl (Gazelle) River and northward to the Libyan Desert.
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Dec 21, 2023 · Darfur is a region in northwest Sudan. It covers an area approximately the size of Spain. For several years in the early 2000s, soldiers of the military-led government in Sudan and their proxy militia, known as Janjaweed, fought rebel groups in Darfur.
Dec 14, 2023 · 14 December 2023 Peace and Security. The outbreak of conflict seven months ago in Sudan has led to “a convergence of a worsening humanitarian calamity and a catastrophic human rights crisis”,...
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Darfur (Arabic دار فور, meaning "home of the Fur") is a region of far western Sudan. It borders the Central African Republic, Libya, and Chad. It is divided into three federal states within Sudan: Gharb Darfur (West Darfur), Janub Darfur (South Darfur), and Shamal Darfur (North Darfur).
