Golo, Sudan
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Golo is a settlement and rural district located in West Darfur
, Sudan
. The start of the Darfur conflict
is conventionally dated to an attack claimed by the Darfur Liberation Front upon Golo on 26 February 2003. Over the course of the conflict, it changed hands between the government and rebel forces several times.
West Darfur
West Darfur is one of the 15 states of Sudan, and one of three comprising the Darfur region. It has an area of 79,460 km² and an estimated population of approximately 1,007,000 . It borders North and South Darfur to the east. The Chadian prefectures of Biltine and Ouaddaï lie to the west,...
, Sudan
Sudan
Sudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...
. The start of the Darfur conflict
Darfur conflict
The Darfur Conflict was a guerrilla conflict or civil war centered on the Darfur region of Sudan. It began in February 2003 when the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army and Justice and Equality Movement groups in Darfur took up arms, accusing the Sudanese government of oppressing non-Arab Sudanese in...
is conventionally dated to an attack claimed by the Darfur Liberation Front upon Golo on 26 February 2003. Over the course of the conflict, it changed hands between the government and rebel forces several times.
External links
- DLF captured Golo the Provisional Headquarters South West of Elfashir City, press release of the Darfur Liberation Front, 14 March 2003
- Rebels battling for Darfur town, BBC NewsBBC NewsBBC News is the department of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online...
, 26 January 2006