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Malakal

American  
[mal-uh-kal, mah-luh-kahl] / ˈmæl əˌkæl, ˈmɑ lə kɑl /

noun

  1. a city in E Sudan, on the White Nile.


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Hundreds wait under a scorching sun to board metal boats bound for Malakal.

From BBC Apr. 19, 2025

But Malakal already hosts some 44,000 displaced people in a United Nations protection camp, many still too afraid to leave for security reasons.

From Washington Times May 27, 2023

In Malakal town, Regina Nateu hung her head.

From Seattle Times Oct. 7, 2019

Months later, the UN admitted to peacekeeper “inaction, abandonment of post and refusal to engage” during the Malakal attack, but failed to hold any commanders or troops to account.

From The Guardian Oct. 5, 2016

So Mayik packed everything from her house in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, where she had been working as an English teacher, and traveled 400 miles to Malakal, her birthplace.

From Washington Post Aug. 6, 2016

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