Um Bagara Village
The place
Um Bagara Village in Gedaref State, Faw/Er Rahad area (east-central Sudanese savanna near the Ethiopian border, Sudan), at 458 m elevation, Sahelian savanna. Continuous Sudan cluster (batches 350-377). Traditional agropastoral village of eastern Sudan (Um Bagara semi-nomadic village name + Gedaref Sudanese state bordering Ethiopia 1.7 M inhabitants iconic sorghum farming + Blue Nile Ethiopia Lake Tana source confluence with the White Nile at Khartoum + Meroë Nubia UNESCO 2011 pyramids Kushite kingdom 250 BC-350 AD 200 pyramids + heritage of the Sudanese/Ethiopian peoples (Arab-Nubian-Nilotic peoples 45 M Sudan Sudanese Arabic dialect + civil war 15 April 2023-2025 Sudanese Armed Forces SAF vs Rapid Support Forces RSF General Al-Burhan/Hemedti conflict Khartoum 10,000 dead 8 M displaced 21st-century humanitarian catastrophe + Darfur 2003-2020 300,000 dead Janjaweed genocide Bashir policy International Criminal Court + South Sudan independence 9 July 2011 referendum).
The setting
Gedaref Faw/Er Rahad savanna E Sudan bordering Ethiopia Sudan 458 m Sahelian savanna, continuous cluster batches 350-377, agropastoral village eastern Sudan Um Bagara semi-nomadic + Gedaref bordering Ethiopia 1.7 M sorghum + Blue Nile Ethiopia Tana confluence White Khartoum + Meroë UNESCO 2011 pyramids Kushite 250 BC-350 AD 200 pyramids, Sudanese/Ethiopians Arab-Nubian-Nilotic 45 M Sudanese dialect + civil war 15 April 2023-2025 SAF/RSF Al-Burhan/Hemedti Khartoum 10,000 dead 8 M displaced 21st c. + Darfur 2003-2020 300,000 genocide Janjaweed Bashir ICC + South Sudan independence 9 July 2011.
