April 23, 2021
DINDER, SUDAN (AFP) – Tucked away by the Ethiopian border, Sudan’s Dinder National Park boasts the country’s most diverse wildlife, but rangers face a daily battle to protect it as human encroachment mounts.
Spread over more than 10,000 square kilometres, 400 kilometres southeast of Khartoum, the park is Sudan’s biggest and abuts Ethiopia’s Alatash National Park.
Sandwiched between the vast grasslands of the Sahel and the forests of the Ethiopian highlands, the park boasts a variety of habitats that have made it a haven for wildlife.
Freshwater lakes dot the park’s woodlands and savannah, making it an important flyway for migratory birds as well.