El Fasher

American  

[el fash-er] / ɛl ˈfæʃ ər /

noun

1. a city in W Sudan.

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Example Sentences

Mohamad has joined half a million other people—largely Black Sudanese—uprooted from El Fasher and struggling to survive in a settlement where food and drinking water are scarce.

From The Wall Street Journal

El Fasher is a pivotal theater in the war, controlling access to the broader Darfur region.

From The Wall Street Journal

When the RSF was ejected out of Khartoum in March, its fighters turned their focus on the last remaining city of El Fasher which was still under the control of the army.

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Earlier this year, the militia tightened its hold on El Fasher by walling it off with a sand berm, according to satellite photos published in August by the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab.

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El Fasher, the regional capital of Darfur, has been under rebel siege for the past 18 months.

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