Jonglei State is a state of South Sudan with Bor as its centre of government and the biggest city. Jonglei state comprises nine counties: Bor, Akobo, Ayod...
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The Jonglei Canal was a canal project started, but never completed, to divert water from the vast Sudd wetlands of South Sudan so as to deliver more water...
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Murle people, a rival tribe competing for land and cattle in the states of Jonglei and Upper Nile. During the war, though the term "White Army" could refer...
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In January 2022, armed Murle militias attacked Bor Dinka villages in Jonglei State, South Sudan, killing dozens of people. In 2020, the South Sudanese...
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Ethnic violence in South Sudan (redirect from Jonglei Cattle Clashes)
incentive to rebel. On 18 August 2011, an attack in Uror County, northern Jonglei was reportedly launched by Murle tribesmen after armed groups infiltrated...
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Sudd (section Jonglei diversion canal)
and secondary effects. A major feature of the area, is the incomplete Jonglei Canal, which was planned to bypass waters from the Sudd to avoid evaporation...
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Nile Dinka Bor - (Upper Nile Region]), Jonglei Dinka Nyarweng, Jonglei Dinka Hol, Jonglei Dinka Twic East Jonglei Ruweng, (Unity State), Upper Nile Dongjol...
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whose magnificent migrations were legendary before the civil war. The Boma-Jonglei Landscape region encompasses Boma National Park, broad pasturelands and...
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years hiatus in the civil war but an end to American investment in the Jonglei Canal project. This had been considered absolutely essential to irrigate...
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Counties of South Sudan (section Jonglei)
The counties of Jonglei State...
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Elections were held in Jonglei State on 10–15 April 2010 as part of the 2010 Sudanese general election, with voting for President of Sudan, National Assembly...
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Gony Bilieu Jonglei Bieh State Uror Nyirol Waat Moses Majiok Gatluak Jonglei Boma State Pochalla Pibor Pibor Sultan Ismail Konyi Jonglei Fangak State...
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Denay Jock Chagor is a South Sudanese politician and the governor of Jonglei State since July 2020. Chagor is a Lou Nuer Akobo county. In 2015, Chagor...
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and Lou Nuer in Upper Nile, in 2009–2012 between Lou Nuer and Murle in Jonglei and in 2013–2014 between Maalia, Rizeigat, Messiria, Salamat and Bani Hussein...
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in Bor District Bor, South Sudan, the capital of Jonglei State, South Sudan Bor County, in Jonglei State, South Sudan Bor, Sweden, a village in Jönköping...
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Bor, South Sudan (category Populated places in Jonglei State)
in the Bor region of Jonglei State, located in the central region of South Sudan. It has also served as the headquarters of Jonglei state. The city is situated...
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Kuol Manyang Juuk (category People from Jonglei State)
Sudanese politician. He is a member of the SPLM. He became governor of Jonglei state on 15 December 2007, following the first former governor, Philip...
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had been peacefully disarmed, the Lou section of the Nuer in Northern Jonglei State refused to comply. The SPLA organized a force under Peter Bol Kong...
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Matthew Puljang James Gai Yoach Bapiny Montuil Dates of operation 1999–Present Active regions Upper Nile, Jonglei Ideology Southern Sudanese Separatism...
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impedes water flow, to the extent that Sudan had once attempted to build the Jonglei Canal to bypass the swamp. Nile cities include Khartoum, Aswan, Luxor (Thebes)...
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Districts of South Sudan (section Jonglei)
Before the independence of South Sudan from Sudan, the 10 states of Southern Sudan were divided into districts. These districts have been superseded by...
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general election for the Gumuruk Boma seat in the Jonglei State Assembly. The SPLM candidate Judi Jonglei Bioris won by a wide margin. Yau Yau is alternately...
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Defence Army. He was also an independent candidate for the leadership of Jonglei prior to the independence of South Sudan. Athor joined the SPLA in 1983...
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rustling is a major problem in rural areas of South Sudan. In the state of Jonglei, cattle raids in August 2011 left around 600 people dead. Once again in...
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the town of Akobo, in Jonglei State, South Sudan. Akobo Airport (IATA: n/a, ICAO: HSAK) is located in Akobo County in Jonglei State, in the town of Akobo...
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Greater Upper Nile. The Greater Upper Nile consists of the following states: Jonglei State Unity Upper Nile Pibor Administrative Area Ruweng Administrative...
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fracturing of provinces occurred in 1976. Lakes split from Bahr al Ghazal, and Jonglei split off from Upper Nile. Equatoria divided into Eastern and Western Equatoria...
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the SPLA of aiding in attacks by Dinka from Jonglei state against the Boma state, and soldiers from Jonglei captured Kotchar in Boma in 2017. The SPLM-IO...
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Gabriel Duop Lam (category People from Jonglei State)
politician. As of 2011, he was the Minister of Law Enforcement in the state of Jonglei. A SPLA major, Lam has also served as commissioner of Ayod County. Prior...
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that are in violation of this rule. Examples include constituencies in Jonglei, Warrap, South Darfur, and several other states. Turkey has used gerrymandering...
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