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Kassala

American

[kah-sah-lah, kas-uh-luh] / ˈkɑ sɑˌlɑ, ˈkæs ə lə /

noun

a city in the E Sudan, near Eritrea.

Kassala British

/ kəˈsɑːlə /

noun

a city in the E Sudan: founded as a fort by the Egyptians in 1834. Pop: 430 000 (2005 est)

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The university, for example, operates via online learning, with exam centres established in safer cities like Kassala in eastern Sudan.

From BBC

Mr Fletcher's first field visit took him to Mahmoud’s Maygoma orphanage in Kassala in eastern Sudan, now home to nearly 100 children in a crumbling three-storey school-turned-shelter.

From BBC

When fighting spread to the orphans’ new shelter in Wad Madani, in central Sudan, those who survived fled to Kassala.

From BBC

Speaking in the city of Kassala on Saturday, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who has been Sudan's head of state since 2019, vowed to vanquish the RSF.

From Reuters

On Friday, General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, alleged that Haroun had taken control of the security forces in Kassala and Gadaref states, two states in eastern Sudan which remain under army control.

From Reuters

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