By NASA 1997
The recapture of the city of Wad Medani, the capital of Gezira province, came more than a year after it fell to the rebellious RSF Rapid Support Force. Wad Medani is the center of the large Gezira cotton-growing project.
The conflict has killed more than 28,000 people, forced millions to flee their homes, and left some families eating grass in a desperate attempt to survive as famine swept parts of the country.
Apparently, the civil war is between a faction of the army and the central government.
The Gezira (Island) irrigation scheme was developed by the British and covers 8.800 Km2 (88.000,000 hectares), which is the largest in the world. The water naturally runs through the irrigation canals by gravity. The soil has a high clay content which keeps down losses from seepage. It should be a paradise but it is not.
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