• The Machar Marshes are a large area of wetlands in the state of Upper Nile, South Sudan. Estimates of their size vary. A 1950 study put the area of swamp...
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  • South Sudan. At the town of Bunj it turns south west and enters the Machar Marshes, where it loses its identity. The river is sometimes confused with the...
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  • Nile (Egypt, Sudan) White Nile Adar River Machar Marshes, into which flow Yabus River Daga River Khor Machar Sobat River Baro River Jikawo River Pibor...
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  • Shet. It flows west past the town of Daga Post and discharges into the Machar Marshes. Topographical map of Jonglei Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine...
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  • Machar Marshes and enters the White Nile just upstream of the town of Melut. P.P. Howell and Mahmoud Eff. Abu Sineina (c. 1951). "Game in the Machar Marshes"...
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  • would be vital to realising Machar's vision for South Sudan to become a trade hub in the center of the African continent. Machar also visited Kenisa ( panhom)...
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    drains the Machar Marshes, flows through the region in a northwest direction to the Nile, which it reaches just above Melut. The Khor Machar swamps lie...
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  • Peace Agreement", Machar returned to Juba and was sworn in as vice-president. Following a second breakout of violence in Juba, Machar was replaced as vice-president...
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  • who married Southern Sudanese guerrilla commander Riek Machar; the draining of Iraq's marshes by Saddam Hussein; and a one-on-one with Abdullah Öcalan...
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    Galloway Lighthouse. A Machars beach. Machars Coastline looking south from Cruggleton Castle. The remains of Cruggleton Castle. The Machars, as viewed from Torrs...
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    second-hand book shops and an annual book festival. Wigtown is part of the Machars peninsula. W.F.H. Nicolaisen offered two explanations for the place-name...
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    commander Riek Machar, who had been born there. In August 1991 Riek Machar broke away from John Garang's mainstream branch of the SPLM/A. Machar's breakaway...
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  • Massacre in South Sudan featuring an interview with suspected perpetrator Riek Machar, and a 1996 report on the cannibalistic supporters of Charles Taylor in...
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    Nile lechwe (category Marsh antelopes)
    the majority of the population occurs in the Sudd swamps, and in the Machars near the Ethiopian border in smaller numbers. In Ethiopia occurs in the...
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  • journalist, non-fiction Home Team: Fathers, Sons and Hockey Agnes Maule Machar 1837 1927 Linden MacIntyre 1943 novelist, journalist The Bishop's Man, Causeway...
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    of Scottish Opera, conducted by James Jordan on 19 November 2015 at St Machar's Cathedral, Aberdeen. Celtic Prayers (children's choir, chorus & orchestra...
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    Harrison Henvey North Himsworth South Himsworth Humphrey Joly Laurier Lount Machar McConkey McDougall McKellar McKenzie McMurrich Monteith Mowat Nipissing...
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    the bishop's palace. The palace itself is on sloping ground above the Marshes Burn near its confluence with the River Don opposite Kemnay. Placename...
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    wildlife and a large expanse of salt marsh – the "inks". Wigtown Bay is now a recognised wildlife reserve, where salt marshes are grazed by sheep all year round...
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    Isle and Murray’s Isles. The western shore of the bay is formed by The Machars peninsula. This coast is itself indented by Rigg (or Cruggleton) Bay and...
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  • under both these names. He was born in Old Kilpatrick, to parents from the Machars in South West Scotland. He moved back to Galloway at 18 months old, and...
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  • died in Aberdeen on 11 June 1850. He is buried in the churchyard of St Machar's Cathedral. The grave lies on the east side of the church, within the former...
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    of Italy and Bohemia, or a derivation from Old Norse marr meaning "sea, marsh, fen". American academic Thomas Clancy has noted cautiously the similarity...
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    the name is possibly derived from the Gaelic word moine, meaning Moss or Marsh, cognate with Teith. Much more likely it has a Brittonic basis reflecting...
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  • seat dispute The East African, 9 February 2020 South Sudan peace talks: Machar and Kiir in deadlock over states BBC WORLD, 16 February 2020 Kenya, FBI...
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