Wadi Halfa

American

[wah-dee hahl-fuh] / ˈwɑ di ˈhɑl fə /

noun

a former town in the N Sudan, on the Nile: now under the waters of Lake Nasser, created by the Aswan High Dam in S Egypt.

Wadi Halfa British

/ ˈwɒdɪ ˈhælfə /

noun

a town in the N Sudan that was partly submerged by Lake Nasser: an important archaeological site

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People in Sudan can apply for an Egyptian visa in two places - Wadi Halfa in the north and Port Sudan in the east.

From BBC

But there is almost no infrastructure in Wadi Halfa and people wait in queues for hours to be processed.

From BBC

Most head to Wadi Halfa as it is nearer to Argeen, the main land border crossing.

From BBC

“We narrowly escaped with our lives,” the 38-year-old Sayyed said in a recent phone interview from Wadi Halfa, the closest Sudanese city to the border.

From Seattle Times

More than 120,000 Sudanese without travel documents are trapped in Wadi Halfa and surrounding areas, according to a Sudanese migration official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to brief media.

From Seattle Times

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