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Kordofan
[kawr-doh-fahn]
noun
a province in the central Sudan. About 147,000 sq. mi. (380,730 sq. km). El Obeid.
Kordofan
/ ˌɔːəʊˈæ /
noun
a region of the central Sudan: consists of a plateau with rugged uplands (the Nuba Mountains). Area: 380 548 sq km (146 930 sq miles)
Example Sentences
Al-Mujlad Hospital was struck on Saturday, and is located in West Kordofan state, close to one of the frontlines where Sudan's warring parties are fighting in the conflict that is now in its third year.
El-Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan state, is a strategic hub connecting the capital, Khartoum, to Darfur.
Following the setbacks, the RSF has rebounded with plans to launch a rival government in areas still under its control, which are mainly in Darfur and parts of Kordofan state.
The U.N.’s Wosornu said there has been no respite from fierce fighting in Khartoum, Darfur and Kordofan which are home to 90% of the people facing emergency levels of food insecurity.
The U.N. cited video that emerged last week from the country’s North Kordofan State showing men wearing Sudanese army uniforms carrying severed heads of members of the rival paramilitary faction.
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