Darfur in a sentence

It has now seized army garrisons in four out of the region's five states: Central Darfur, East Darfur, South Darfur, and West Darfur.

The Darfur Bar Association, a Sudanese legal group focusing on human rights in the western Darfur region, said at least five civilians died in crossfire during intense clashes between the military and the RSF in Nyala, South Darfur's capital, on Friday.

According to Sudan Tribune news agency, the RSF has deployed heavily in Nyala since the beginning of October, mobilizing thousands of tribal fighters from Central, West, and East Darfur to support them in overthrowing the army leadership in South Darfur.

Amnesty detailed waves of violence in West Darfur province —one of five constituting the Darfur region — including the killing of civilians, looting and destruction of homes and facilities such as the main hospital and markets.

We are planning further assessment missions into West Darfur from Chad and negotiating access to other remote areas in Darfur.

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He called for the media to give due concern to Darfur issue, demanding more dialogue for the treatment of Darfur issues.

Nyala / El Fasher — The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia in South Darfur says that it has seized 9,000 cannabis cobs and 240 bottles of whiskey in the South Darfur capital of Nyala.

In July 2011, the Sudanese government signed the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur with former Darfur rebel movements, and pledged to construct model villages intended to house displaced Darfuris returning to their home areas.

It said that that the local authorities in West Darfur granted these groups housing plans under the supervision of the governor of West Darfur and some of the state government's collaborators.

Since the mid-1980s, large numbers of refugees from South Sudan and Darfur fleeing the violence of the Second Sudanese Civil War and Darfur conflict have settled around Khartoum.

The rebels accused the central government of neglecting the Darfur region, although there is uncertainty regarding the objectives of the rebels and whether they merely seek an improved position for Darfur within Sudan or outright secession.

This tactic backfired when Darfur's choice, Muhammad Sharif, rejected Darfur and asserted his own authority.

Western Darfur stands in contrast to northern and eastern Darfur, which are semidesert with little water either from the intermittent streams known as wadis or from wells that normally go dry during the winter months.

About 50km (30 miles) west of Nyala, Arab tribesmen riding RSF vehicles raided the Kubum area of South Darfur last week, burning down the local market and sacking a police station, the legal group said in a separate statement.

Although Darfur’s conflict subsided over the years, the region remains awash with weapons and sporadic violence erupts, often over access to water, land and resources.

A map showing the location of West Darfur in Sudan.

Are the people in Darfur getting any help from the UN?

Armed fighters rampaged through a city in Sudan's war-ravaged region of Darfur on Thursday, battling each other and looting shops and homes, residents said.