Darfur

American  

[dahr-foor] / dɑrˈfʊər /

noun

1. a province in the W Sudan. 191,650 sq. mi. (496,374 sq. km). El Fasher.

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Darfur British  

/ dɑːˈfʊə /

noun

1. a region of the W Sudan; an independent kingdom until conquered by Egypt in 1874; since 2003 conflict between the Janjaweed and rebel groups has left thousands dead and homeless

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Darfur

More than 200,000 people in South Kordofan and North Darfur states are experiencing famine, according to UN-backed reports that also warn it could spread to eight cities by 2027.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

And the government of the Darfur region categorically rejected the charges.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Scott and Stauring founded the humanitarian group iACT largely to respond to the crisis in Darfur, a semi-desert plateau in western Sudan that has known nothing but war this century.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The United States urged the UN Security Council on Monday to expand an arms embargo on the Sudanese region of Darfur to cover all of Sudan, saying the nation's brutal conflict risks regional expansion.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

Thus the populous and valuable province of Darfur, which had cost Egypt much blood and money, was entirely lost in the short space of eight days.

From Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 by F. R. Wingate

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