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Ghazal River
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Ghazal River

 or Bahr al-Ghazal

River, southwestern Sudan. Formed by the confluence of the 'Arab and Jur rivers in a swampy area of southern Sudan, it is 445 mi (716 km) long. It flows east to unite at Lake No with the Jabal River and form the White Nile River. It was mapped in 1772 by the French geographer Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville.
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And two incidents, possibly involving Kony's men, have been reported in recent weeks in the south's Bahr al-Ghazal region, which is wedged between the CAR and the Darfur region of western Sudan, sparking rumours the LRA is moving into Darfur.
UN condemns rebel LRA attacks in Africa by AFP / AFP Global Edition
Southern Sudanese IPDs who have fled their homes during raids by Lord's Resistance Army (AFP) LRA rebels attacked a camp of Darfur IPDs at Kor-El-Madia village, Raja County, in Western Bahr al-Ghazal state which has a long border with the troubled region of Darfur.
South Sudan army free 46 Darfurians abducted by LRA rebels by Sudan Tribune (Sudan)
It is clear that the continuing and present claims of a resumption of the domestic slave trade especially in northern Bahr al-Ghazal by the PDF militias are correct.
SLAVERY IN THE SUDAN SINCE 1989 by Lobban, Richard / Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ)
 
 
 
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