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UN food agency pauses aid to famine-hit Sudan displacement camp of half a million people • Feb. 26, 2025, 11:51 AM ET (AP)
Death toll in Sudan military plane crash rises to 46 • Feb. 26, 2025, 9:18 AM ET (AP)

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Also Known As Western Darfur • Dārfūr

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Sudan
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Al-Fāshir
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Nyala
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Key People

Omar al-Bashir
Omar al-Bashir
president of Sudan
St. Josephine Bakhita
St. Josephine Bakhita
Roman Catholic saint
Rudolf Karl, baron von Slatin
governor of The Sudan
William George Browne
British explorer