Bahr el Ghazal love

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A river of South Sudan flowing about 805 km (500 mi) east to the Bahr el Jebel.

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  • "It was time for our people to come back to their homelands," said Deng Wol Kuach, a broad-shouldered man in brown cords and a dusty black blazer, helping people off the bus as the sound of drums and ululations filled the air in the town of Aweil, in northern Bahr el Ghazal state.

    Southern Sudan holds separation vote after thousands make long journey to freedom 2011

  • World Food Program distribution center near Aweil in the northern Bahr el Ghazal state in southern Sudan Thursday.

    Photos of the Day: Dec. 30 2010

  • The main tributaries to the Nile are the Bahr el Jebel, the Bahr el Ghazal and the Sobat River, which combine and become the White Nile, as well as the Blue Nile and the Atbara River.

    Nile Delta flooded savanna 2008

  • In Bahr el Ghazal in 1986 – 88, in the Nuba Mountains in 1992 – 95, in Upper Nile in 1998 – 2003, and elsewhere on just a slightly smaller scale, militias supported by military intelligence and aerial bombardment attacked with unremitting brutality.

    Genocide in Slow Motion Kristof, Nicholas D. 2006

  • Egyptian merchandize, they are not accessible to commercial enterprize; and merchants, with goods of any value, would in vain attempt to pass through the hostile tribes of Arabs and Bedouins who people the Bahr el Ghazal, and the idolatrous African nations between Bagermé and Afnou.

    Travels in Nubia 2004

  • France the right of access to the Nile and the Bahr el Ghazal.

    Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan Bennet Burleigh

  • No.I. Itinerary from the Frontiers of Bornou by Bahr el Ghazal, and Darfur, to Shendy.

    Travels in Nubia 2004

  • Chowambe, or Albert Nyanza Lake), nor even the Bahr el Ghazal, as was once suspected.

    Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

  • Albert Nyanza Lake), nor even the Bahr el Ghazal, as was once suspected.

    Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855

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