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Bahr-el-Ghazal

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Bahr-el-Ghazal , region, SW Sudan. The region takes its name from a river that flows E to the Bahr-el-Jebel to form the White Nile. An area of swamps and ironstone plateaus, the region is inhabited mainly by the Nilotic-speaking Dinka. Subsistence agriculture, cattle raising, and game hunting are carried on. Turko-Egyptian and European penetration of the region in the 19th cent. was followed by the development of slave trading. With the suppression of the slave trade in 1864 by the Egyptian khedive, European traders withdrew and local merchant-princes, independent of the khedive's authority, took... Read more

White Nile
...Khartoum to the junction of the Bahr el Jebel and the Bahr el Ghazal at Lake No, c.100 mi (160 km) above Malakal. In a wider...sometimes hinders navigation. At Lake No it receives the Bahr el Ghazal and continues E to Khartoum, where it joins with the... Read more

Bahr-el-Jebel
...for the White Nile between Nimule, where it enters Sudan (as the Albert Nile), and Lake No, where it joins with the Bahr-el-Ghazal to form the Bahr-el-Abiad, also a section of the White Nile. As the river passes through the Sudd swamps it loses much... Read more

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	Food Situation Critical in S. Sudan: WFP ; ...warned that the food situation in Bahr el Ghazal region in southern Sudan has reached...30 percent of the food needs in Bahr el Ghazal which is estimated at a minimum...seeds have so far been delivered to Bahr el Ghazal and an additional 110 tons in the... Read more
	Government of Sudan, United Nations Agree on Urgent Humanitarian Assistance to Southern Sudan ; ...seriously affected areas of Unity and Bahr el-Ghazal States. At the conclusion of the...assistance to areas of Unity and Bahr el-Ghazal States that are not affected by...to critically affected areas of Bahr el-Ghazal and other parts of the south will... Read more
	In Sudan, soldiers become children again: The UN returned the last of some 3,500 children to their villages this week.(World) ; ...of The Christian Science Monitor BAHR EL GHAZAL, SUDAN -- There is a timeless familiarity...the insecure region of Northern Bahr el Ghazal, and flew them to transition camps...Maloyng, SPLA commander of the Bahr el Ghazal district. With his AK-47 propped... Read more
	Sudan peace talks begin as thousands face famine. ; ...war. Thousands could die in the Bahr el Ghazal region where international aid...a rebel attempt to take Wau in Bahr el Ghazal was unsuccessful and the famine...attempt to take Wau, the capital of Bahr el Ghazal. The attempt failed - the government... Read more
	VIOLATION OF CEASE-FIRE BY GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN ; ...the towns of Akak and Nyamlel in Bahr el-Ghazal on May 16 and 17, killing at least...humanitarian cease-fire in place in Bahr el-Ghazal since July 1998. The cease-fire...The humanitarian situation in Bahr el-Ghazal remains fragile, and a resumption... Read more
	WFP Succeeds in Delivering Relief Food to ; ...relief food by road to Northern Bahr El Ghazal, Southern Sudan, and would send...one-quarter of the population in Northern Bahr El Ghazal can be reached by road". On February...flights by OLS relief agencies to Bahr El Ghazal where 100,000 people have been... Read more
	Christian aid worker abducted: Sudanese Mujahadeen kill 21 and enslave 113 ; ...the town of Nyamlell (northern Bahr El Ghazal), according to the Civil Commissioner...position of the GOS in northern Bahr El Ghazal was strengthened last month by...this GOS offensive in northern Bahr El Ghazal, Sudan's Islamist First Vice President... Read more
	More Southern Sudanese Need Food Aid: WFP ; ...originally targeted 700,000. In Bahr El Ghazal Province alone, some 595,000 people...granted the U.N. aid access to Bahr El Ghazal which had been off-limits for nearly...requirement of 6,500 tons per month for Bahr El Ghazal and other areas of southern Sudan... Read more
	UN Warns Potential Tragedy in S.Sudan With Gov't ; ...suspending all flights into the Bahr el Ghazal Region of the southern Sudan. An...gathering in a number of locations in Bahr el Ghazal, but were reported to be week...of women and children living in Bahr el Ghazal, one of the most deprived areas... Read more
	Acute famine warning alarm sounded for Southern Sudan ; ...Beacon, The 02-16-2005 The famine crisis in northern Bahr El Ghazal, Southern Sudan, is becoming acute, according to CSI...dated Nov. 29, the nine Civil Commissioners of northern Bahr El Ghazal - the most senior local government officials - warned... Read more

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