Place in news: Sudan’s Darfur region

Place in news: Sudan’s Darfur region

Ethnic community/tribe in news: Masalit community

Part of: GS Prelims and Mains I and II – Map based; Human Geography; International Affairs 

Why in news? 

• Over 60 people were massacred in Sudan’s Darfur region. 
• About 500 armed men targeted the Masalit community in west Darfur’s Masteri town.  
• Conflict between the nation’s dominant Arab rulers and the African ethnic communities demanding greater autonomy. 

Link: Sudan-Darfur  

Map activity – Locate the following 

1. Khartoum, capital of Sudan 
2. Darfur 
3. Red Sea 
4. Bordering countries