It is about 30 kilometers from the international border with South Sudan and hosts the UN offices (part of the Operation Lifeline Sudan program), around 49 NGOs, and a large orthopedic hospital run by the ICRC.
Sudan | Operation Overlord | Operation Enduring Freedom | Operation Barbarossa | South Sudan | Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe | Operation Market Garden | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development | Operation Torch | Operation Vistula | operation | Sudan People's Liberation Army | Operation Provide Comfort | Operation Anaconda | Lost Boys of Sudan | Police and Judicial Co-operation in Criminal Matters | Operation Weserübung | Operation Shingle | Operation Ivy | Operation Highjump | Operation Blue Star | Operation Anthropoid | Anglo-Egyptian Sudan | Operation Paperclip | Operation Downfall | Operation Deny Flight | Wau, South Sudan | Operation Thunderbolt | Operation Southern Watch | Operation Michael |