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News: An attack on a hospital in Sudan’s Darfur region has killed at least 64 people, including 13 children, according to the head of the World Health Organization (WHO).
About Darfur Region
- Location: It is a region of western Sudan bordering Chad, Libya, and the Central African Republic.
- It lay between Kordofan to the east and Wadai to the west and extended southward to the Al-Ghazāl (Gazelle) River and northward to the Libyan Desert.
- Area: It covers an area of 493,180 sq. km, approximately the size of mainland Spain.
- Topography: It is largely a semi-desert plateau.
- The volcanic highlands of the Marrah Mountains (with average elevation of 2,200 m) dominate the central part of this plain.
- Highest peak: Mount Marrah (3,088 m).
- Towns: The region’s main towns are Al Fashir, Geneina, and Nyala.
- People: Arabs have long constituted the majority of the population in the northern part of Darfur, while Arabs and Fur have predominated in the southern
- The name “Darfur” is derived from “dar fur,” meaning “the land of the Fur” in Arabic.
- Other ethnic groups have included the Beja, Zaghawa, Nubian, and Daju peoples.
- In focus: Because of the War in Darfur between Sudanese government forces and the indigenous population, the region has been in a state of humanitarian emergency and genocide since 2003.
