Darfur

[dahr-foor]

noun

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

Darfur

/ 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

Example Sentences

Since the loss of the capital, the RSF has intensified efforts to capture el-Fasher - the army's last stronghold in the western Darfur region.

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The most intense violence is now concentrated in the west, where RSF forces have surrounded El-Fasher, the last major city in Darfur not under their control.

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Desperate residents in the army's last stronghold in Darfur say food has run out.

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The RSF has surrounded el-Fasher for the last 17 months, in an attempt to take control of the Sudanese army's last stronghold in the Darfur region.

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El-Fasher, the last state capital in the vast region of Darfur to elude the RSF's grasp, has become the latest strategic front in the war as the paramilitaries attempt to consolidate power in the west.

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