{"id":358671,"date":"2026-03-23T12:08:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T06:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=358671"},"modified":"2026-03-23T12:08:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T06:38:16","slug":"darfur-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/darfur-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Darfur Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>An attack on a \u2060hospital in Sudan\u2019s Darfur region has killed at least \u200c64 people, including 13 children, according to the head of \u2060the World \u2060Health Organization (WHO).<\/p>\n<h2>About Darfur Region<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_358676\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-358676\" style=\"width: 376px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-358676\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Source-ISS-Africa.jpg?resize=376%2C341&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Darfur Region\" width=\"376\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Source-ISS-Africa.jpg?resize=300%2C272&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Source-ISS-Africa.jpg?resize=768%2C697&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Source-ISS-Africa.jpg?w=969&amp;ssl=1 969w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-358676\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; ISS Africa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> It is a region of <strong>western Sudan <\/strong>bordering<strong> Chad, Libya, and the Central African Republic. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It lay <strong>between Kordofan to the east<\/strong> and <strong>Wadai to the west<\/strong> and extended <strong>southward<\/strong> to the <strong>Al-Ghaz\u0101l (Gazelle) River<\/strong> and northward to the <strong>Libyan Desert<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Area:<\/strong> It covers an area of <strong>493,180 sq. km,<\/strong> approximately the <strong>size of mainland Spain<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Topography:<\/strong> It is largely a <strong>semi-desert plateau<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>volcanic highlands of the Marrah Mountains (<\/strong>with average <strong>elevation of 2,200 m)<\/strong> dominate the <strong>central part<\/strong> of this plain.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Highest peak:<\/strong> <strong>Mount Marrah (3,088 m).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Towns:<\/strong> The region&#8217;s main towns are <strong>Al Fashir, Geneina, and Nyala.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>People:<\/strong> <strong>Arabs<\/strong> have long constituted the <strong>majority<\/strong> of the population in the <strong>northern<\/strong> part of Darfur, while <strong>Arabs and Fur<\/strong> have predominated in the <strong>southern<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>name \u201cDarfur\u201d<\/strong> is derived from \u201c<strong>dar fur,\u201d<\/strong> meaning \u201c<strong>the land of the Fur\u201d in Arabic<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Other ethnic groups<\/strong> have included the <strong>Beja, Zaghawa, Nubian, and Daju peoples<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>In focus:<\/strong> Because of the <strong>War in Darfur<\/strong> between <strong>Sudanese government forces<\/strong> and the <strong>indigenous population<\/strong>, the region has been in a state of <strong>humanitarian emergency and genocide since 2003. <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: An attack on a \u2060hospital in Sudan\u2019s Darfur region has killed at least \u200c64 people, including 13 children, according to the head of \u2060the World \u2060Health Organization (WHO). About Darfur Region Location: It is a region of western Sudan bordering Chad, Libya, and the Central African Republic. 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