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South Darfur (Janub Darfur) is one of the 26 Anglo-Egyptian Sudan had eight mudiriyas, or provinces, which were ambiguous when created but became well defined by the beginning of the Second World War. The eight provinces were: Blue Nile, Darfur, Equatoria, Kassala (state), Khartoum, Kurdufan, Northern, and Upper Nile. In 1948 Bahr al Ghazal split from Equatoria. On... wilayat or states of Foreign relations Main article: Foreign relations of Sudan Sudan has a territorial dispute with Egypt over the Halaib Triangle. States Main article: States of Sudan Sudan has 26 states or wilayat: Al Jazirah, Al Qadarif, Bahr al Jabal, Blue Nile, East Equatoria, Junqali, Kassala, Khartoum, Lakes, North Bahr al... Sudan. It is one of the states that compose the region of This article is about the Darfur region of western Sudan. For information on the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Darfur see Darfur conflict. For the city in Minnesota see Darfur, Minnesota. Darfur (shown in green) is in western Sudan. Darfur (Arabic دار فور, meaning home of the... Darfur. It has an area of 127,300 km2 and an estimated population of approximately 2,700,000 (2000). Nyala is a city in the western part of Sudan. It was once the capital of the Sultanate of Fur. Categories: Africa geography stubs | Cities in Sudan ... Nyala is the capital of the state.

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan had eight mudiriyas, or provinces, which were ambiguous when created but became well defined by the beginning of the Second World War. The eight provinces were: Blue Nile, Darfur, Equatoria, Kassala (state), Khartoum, Kurdufan, Northern, and Upper Nile. In 1948 Bahr al Ghazal split from Equatoria. On... States of Sudan

Bahr al Jabal is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan, with an area of 22,956 km2. It is in tne south of Sudan and is named for the tributary of the White Nile that flows through the wilayat. Juba is the capital of the state. Categories... Bahr al Jabal | Blue Nile | East Equatoria | Al Jazirah is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. It has an area of 23,373 km2 and an estimated population of approximately 3,300,000 (2000). Wad Madani is the capital of the state. Categories: Stub | States of Sudan ... Al Jazirah | Junqali is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. It has an area of 122,479 km2 and an estimated population of approximately 800,000 (1983). Bor is the capital of the state. Categories: Africa geography stubs | States of Sudan ... Junqali | Kassala is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. It has an area of 36,710 km2 and an estimated population of approximately 1,400,000 (2000). Kassala is the capital of the state. Categories: Stub | States of Sudan ... Kassala | Khartoum | Lakes | North Bahr al Ghazal | North Darfur | Shamal Kurdufan (Northern Kordofan) is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. It has an area of 185,302 km2 and an estimated population of approximately 1,400,000 (2000). Al-Ubayyid is the capital of the state. Categories: Stub | States of Sudan ... North Kurdufan | Northern | Al Qadarif is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. It has an area of 75,263 km2 and an estimated population of approximately 1,400,000 (2000). Al Qadarif is the capital of the state. Categories: Africa geography stubs | States of Sudan ... Al Qadarif | Red Sea | River Nile | Sennar | South Darfur | South Kurdufan (Janub Kurdufan) is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. It has an area of 79,470 km2 and an estimated population of approximately 1,100,000 (2000). Kaduqli is the capital of the state. Categories: Africa geography stubs | States of Sudan ... South Kurdufan | Unity | Upper Nile | West Equatoria | West Bahr al Ghazal | West Darfur | West Kurdufan (Gharb Kurdufan) is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. It has an area of 111,373 km2 and an estimated population of approximately 1,100,000 (2000). Al-Fulah is the capital of the state. Categories: Africa geography stubs | States of Sudan ... West Kurdufan | White Nile | Warab

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BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Q&A: Sudan's Darfur conflict (1069 words)
Darfur, which means land of the Fur, has faced many years of tension over land and grazing rights between the mostly nomadic Arabs, and farmers from the Fur, Massaleet and Zagawa communities.
With much of Darfur inaccessible to aid workers and researchers, calculating how many deaths there have been in the past three years is impossible.
Accurate figures are crucial in determining whether the deaths in Darfur are genocide or - as the Sudanese government says - the situation is being exaggerated.
Darfur Liberation Front / Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) / Sudan Liberation Army (5427 words)
It is bordered by Libya in the North, Chad in the West and the Central African Republic in the South West.
The United Nations has described the 15-month Darfur conflict as the world's worst humanitarian crisis, and UN relief groups estimate that up to 2 million people are in need of food, while a million more have been forced to flee their homes.
The Darfur crisis threatened to become a regional conflict on 7 November when Chad accused Sudan of “exporting the genocide.” In the week prior to this announcement, 200 people were killed attacks on villages just inside the Chadian border.
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