El Obeid Is Capital of North Kordofan State and Hosts One of the Largest Internally Displaced Persons Camps in Central Sudan
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“EL OBEID IS HOME TO AT LEAST 500,000 PEOPLE AND IS SHELTERING ANOTHER 300,000 DISPLACED FROM THEIR HOMES”
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Topic poll · all networksSudan's RSF, now holding El Obeid, evolved from which militia?
- Janjaweed
- Popular Defense Forces
- Lord's Resistance Army
- Beja Congress
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Janjaweed
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- About 40%
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About 15%
