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More footnotes date May 2010 Infobox language name Nuer nativename Naadh pronunciation states South Sudan , Ethiopia region Upper Nile state Upper Nile state , Gambela Region speakers 740,000 in South Sudan ref http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code nus Nuer entry in Ethnologue ref date 1982 speakers2 153,000 in Ethiopia 2007 ref http www.csa.gov.et index.php?option com rubberdoc&view doc&id 264&format raw&Itemid 521 Ethiopia 2007 Census ref ethnicity Nuer people Nuer familycolor Nilo Saharan ... fam5 Dinka Nuer iso3 nus script Latin script Latin notice IPA The Nuer language is a Nilo Saharan ... by the Nuer people Nuer people of South Sudan and in western Ethiopia . Nuer is one of eastern and central Africa s most widely spoken languages. The Nuer people Nuer nation is one of the largest in South Sudan . Nuer language has a Latin based alphabet. There are also several dialects of Nuer, although all have one written standard. For example, while final IPA k is pronounced in the Jikany Nuer Jikany dialect, this sound is dropped in other dialects despite being indicated in Nuer orthography. Nuer communities There are different dialects spoken by Nuer groups living in various locations in South Sudan . Some of the Nuer people live in Western Ethiopia. They are called Gajaak, gajiok, and Lou. The Nuer of the Nasir region are called Gajiok, and those in Waat are called Lou. There are also ... nuerNuer Project copious grammatical notes http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code nus Ethnologue report on Nuer http www.openroad.net.au languages african nuer OpenRoad page on Nuer Thok Nath http www.panafril10n.org wikidoc pmwiki.php PanAfrLoc Nuer PanAfrican L10n page on Nuer http www.omniglot.com writing nuer.htm Omniglot page on Nuer World Atlas of Language Structures information on http wals.info languoid lect wals code nue Nuer DEFAULTSORT Nuer Language Category Languages of South ... stub br Nouereg de Nuer Sprache lij Lengua Nuer pms Lenga Nuer pl J zyk nuer pt L ngua nuer ru ... more details
Refimprove date February 2008 POV date April 2010 The Nuer also known as the Nei Ti Naath roughly meaning ..., the Nuer form one of the largest ethnic group s in East Africa . They are a Pastoralism pastoral people who rely on cattle products for almost every aspect of their daily lives. The Nuer border ... minor tribes in both Ethiopia and Sudan . History The Nuer are among the very few African tribes that successfully ... 2007 The Nuer warriors are among the most skilled fighters in Africa they wielded weapons made of finely ..., some sections of the Dinka people Dinka were more accommodating to British rule than were the Nuer. The Dinka treated the resisting Nuer as hostile, and hostility developed between the two groups as a result of their differing relationships to the British. Citation needed date April 2010 In 2006, the Nuer were the tribe that resisted disarmament most strongly. Members of the Nuer White Army , a group ..., which led Sudan People s Liberation Army SPLA soldiers to confiscate Nuer cattle, destroying their economy ..., religious and economic value among the Nuer. Cattle are particularly important in their role as bride ... line of descent. The classical Nuer institution of ghost marriage, in which a man can father ... her to participate in reproduction in a metaphorical sense. E. E. Evans Pritchard studied the Nuer and made very detailed accounts of his interactions. He also describes Nuer cosmology and religion .... She found that the Nuer had placed strict limits on the convertibility of money and cattle ... speak the Nuer language which belongs to the Nilo Saharan Phylum linguistics language phylum . The Nuer receive facial markings called gaar as part of their initiation into adulthood. The pattern of Nuer ... in the lines above the nose. Dotted patterns are also common especially among the Bul Nuer and among females . Typical foods eaten by the Nuer tribe include beef , goat , cow s milk , mango s, and sorghum ... . Because of the civil war s in Southern Sudan over the past 50 years, many Nuer have emigrated ... more details
The Jikany Nuer are a section of the Nuer people who mainly live in the eastern part of Upper Nile state in South Sudan , particularly around Nasir, South Sudan Nasir in Nasir County . sfn Small Arms Survey 2010 pp 288 Civil war During the Second Sudanese Civil War 1983 2005 , between 1993 and 2004 the Lou Nuer and Jikany Nuer of Nasir County were in violent conflict. After that time, relations between the two groups were calmer until 2009, when they deteriorated sharply. sfn Small Arms Survey 2010 pp 288 Gordon Kong Chuol belongs to the Jikany Nuer and comes from Nasir. He became a militia leader of Thourjikany Forces, and a Major General in Anya Nya II in 1988. sfn Johnson 2003 pp 202 He then became a commander and a member of the political and military high command of the SPLM A. sfn IRIN In Depth In August 1991 Riek Machar, Lam Akol and Gordon Kong announced that John Garang had been ejected from the SPLM. sfn Johnson 2003 pp 202 The breakaway faction, based in Nasir until 1995 and then in Waat and Ayod , was called the SPLM A Nasir faction from 1991 to 1993. sfn Rone 2003 pp 8 9 In the first part of 1994, Gordon Kong became involved in a quarrel between Lou Nuer from Waat and Jikany Nuer in Nasir over fishing rights in the Sobat River . As commander of Waat and Nasir, Gordon Kong was ordered by Riek Machar to defend Nasir. Instead Gordon Kong left Nasir and launched an attack on Lou civilians. In response, the Lou called in Gordon Kong Banypiny for help, and he led a force of Lou men to Nasir, which they burned. Riek Machar arrested the commanders who had become involved in this fighting between SSIA sections and put them up for trial. Some were sentenced to imprisonment and others to death. Later they were pardoned. sfn Rone 1996 pp 331 References reflist colwidth 20em Sources refbegin cite web ref harvid IRIN In Depth url http www.irinnews.org InDepthMain.aspx?InDepthId ... River ambush Category Ethnic groups in South Sudan Category Nuer people ... more details
The Nuer White Army , sometimes decapitalised as the white army , is a semi official name for a militant organisation formed by the Nuer people of central and eastern Greater Upper Nile in modern day South Sudan as early as 1991. According to the Small Arms Survey , it arose from the 1991 schism within the Sudan People s Liberation Movement Army SPLM A for the dual purpose of defending Nuer cattle herds from neighbouring groups and fighting in the Second Sudanese Civil War between the SPLM A and the Sudan ese government. ref name sas cite web url http www.smallarmssurveysudan.org pdfs HSBA SWP 5 White Army.pdf publisher Small Arms Survey title The White Army An Introduction and Overview first ... from Nuer youths practice of smearing their skin with light colored ash as a Insect repellent ..., though other sources contend the name was merely intended to draw a distinction between the Nuer militia ... Civil War , White Army fighters mainly from the Lou Nuer subtribe backed the breakaway SPLM A faction ... ref During the war, though the term White Army could refer collectively to Nuer youth militants, there was rarely ... Government of Southern Sudan , the Nuer White Army lost its remaining coherence. By February 2006, Nuer elders interviewed by Small Arms Survey workers acknowledged they had little or no control ... name sas The news service IRIN reported that more than 1,000 Lou Nuer men and boys in Akobo County ... 2011, several months after South Sudan gained its independence, The Upper Nile Times reported that the Nuer ... Murle Tribe on the face of the earth as the only solution to guarantee long term security of Nuer ..., the Murle , and the Nuer people Lou Nuer in Jonglei and Upper Nile state Upper Nile , which began ... a cattle raid against the Lou Nuer in Jonglei state. ref cite news url http untimes.org index.php ... 30 December 2011 title Nuer Youth White Army plans a massive attack on Murle Tribe, UN warns first ... town and urging both the Murle and Lou Nuer to lay down their arms. ref cite news agency UN News ... more details
The tom is a plucked lamellophone used in the traditional music of the Nuer people Nuer and Anuak people Anuak ethnic groups of western Ethiopia . The instrument was also used in some pieces performed by Orchestra Ethiopia in the 1960s. Category Ethiopian musical instruments Category Lamellophones Ethiopia stub musical instrument stub ... more details
Infobox language name Reel nativename Atwot ethnicity Atwot people states South Sudan region 50,000 1998 speakers familycolor Nilo Saharan fam2 Eastern Sudanic languages Eastern Sudanic fam3 Nilotic languages Nilotic fam4 Western Nilotic fam5 Dinka Nuer fam6 Nuer Atwot iso3 atu Reel , or Atwot , is a Nilotic language of South Sudan that is closely related to Nuer language Nuer . The Reel people are culturally Dinka people Dinka , and Atwot is their Dinka name. Category Western Nilotic languages ns lang stub South Sudan stub ... more details
White Army may refer to The military arm of the White movement , a loose coalition of anti Bolshevik forces in the Russian Civil War The White Guard Finland , which constituted the bulk of the White Army &mdash Finnish government forces in the Finnish Civil War The Saudi Arabian National Guard The National Guard of Kuwait The Nuer White Army , a semi organised militancy of Nuer people Nuer youths in South Sudan disambig es Ej rcito blanco ro Armata Alb dezambiguizare ... more details
Summary Non free use rationale Article Buth Diu Description Four Nuer local government officials prior to a low level flight over the central Nuer district in 1947, and including on the left Buth Diu, later one of the first southern members of the Legislative Assembly. Source A history of modern Sudan By Robert O. Collins, ISBN 0521674956, page 56 Portion Low resolution yes Purpose To illustrate article on the subject Replaceability Subject is dead other information Licensing Non free historic image ... more details
No footnotes date November 2009 In Sudan , a ghost marriage is a marriage where a deceased bridegroom groom is replaced by his brother. The brother serves as a stand in to the bride , and any resulting children are considered children of the deceased spouse. This unusual type of marriage is nearly exclusive to the Dinka people Dinka Jieng and Nuer people Nuer tribes of Southern Sudan, although instances of such marriages have also occurred in France . Nuer women do not marry deceased men only to continue the man s bloodline . In accordance to Nuer tradition, any wealth owned by the woman becomes property of the man after the marriage. Thus, a wealthy woman may marry a deceased man to retain her wealth, instead of giving it up after marrying. Among the Nuer, a ghost marriage is nearly as common as a marriage to a live man. See also Ghost marriage Chinese Levirate marriage Posthumous marriage References http anthro.palomar.edu marriage marriage 4.htm http anthro.palomar.edu marriage marriage 4.htm http ocw.mit.edu NR rdonlyres Anthropology 21A 100Fall 2004 F014B20E 5A61 41CC 8190 979182D92A48 0 lecture 15 2.pdf Lecture from MIT Professor Howe. Que e Rying Religion A Critical Anthology by Gary David Comstock and Susan E. Henking br Sudan stub SouthSudan stub Orphan date July 2009 Category Marriage, unions and partnerships by country South Sudan Category Types of marriage ... more details
orphan date June 2010 Abuk is the first woman in the myths of the Dinka people Dinka and Nuer people Nuer people of Sudan . The Nuer call her Buk . ref cite book last Beswick first Stephanie title Sudan s Blood Memory The Legacy of War, Ethnicity, and Slavery in South Sudan publisher Boydell & Brewer year 2004 url http books.google.co.uk books?id r61i6BD0Vw0C isbn 1 58046 151 4 page 128 ref She is the only well known female deity of the Dinka. ref name GL cite book last Lienhardt first Godfrey title Divinity and Experience The Religion of the Dinka publisher Oxford University Press year 1987 url http books.google.co.uk books?id z7Y4X9kHeU8C isbn 0 19 823405 8 page 89 ref She is also the patron goddess of women as well as gardens. Her emblem is a small snake . She is the mother of the god of rain and fertility Danka mythology Danka . References Reflist External links http www.textsheet.com encyclopedia d di dinka mythology.html Dinka mythology Category Dinka mythology Category Nuer mythology Category African goddesses Category Agricultural goddesses Africa myth stub de Abuk it Abuk e Garang pt Abuk sv Abuk uk ... more details
Khorfulus County is a county in the Jonglei Jonglei State of South Sudan . Khorfulus County is the Land of Dinka Padang that comprise of Luach, Rut, Thoi and Paweny Dinka . These group of people are pastoralist and practice small scale farming . They border Shilluk people Shilluk to the North, Dinka Ngok to the East and Nuer people Nuer to the South and West. External links http www.khorfulus.com http www.khorfuluscounty.blogspot.com http www.unicef.org infobycountry sudan 33617.html 250 demobilized child soldiers trade weapons for textbooks 25 April 2006 Jonglei SouthSudan geo stub coord missing Sudan Category Pastoralists Category Counties of South Sudan Category Counties of Jonglei ... more details
militia, comprising a large number of Nuer, had divided into warring factions led by Riek Machar and Paulino ... around the oilfields in Southern Sudan , causing a stream of Nuer refugees to flee towards SPLA controlled Bahr al Ghazal for protection. At least two previously pro government Nuer militias aligned themselves with the SPLA, while the few Nuer loyal to the politically weakened Riek began to abandon the government s cause. The fact that Nuer refugees were being protected by the Dinka people Dinka ... and the safety of which was guaranteed by the SPLA. Groups of Western Nuer and Dinka from Tonj , Rumbek ... of the SSLM was accompanied by the announcement that most of the Nuer had formally broken ... more details
Infobox language family name Western Nilotic region southwestern Ethiopia , South Sudan , Sudan , northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo DRC , northern Uganda , southwestern Kenya , northern Tanzania familycolor Nilo Saharan fam2 Eastern Sudanic languages Eastern Sudanic fam3 Kir Abbaian languages Kir Abbaian fam4 Nilotic languages Nilotic child1 Dinka Nuer child2 Luo languages Luo The Western Nilotic languages are one of the three primary branches of the Nilotic languages , themselves belonging to the Eastern Sudanic languages Eastern Sudanic subfamily of Nilo Saharan languages Nilo Saharan . The about 22 SIL International SIL estimate Western Nilotic languages are spoken in an area ranging from southwestern Ethiopia and South Sudan via northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Uganda to southwestern Kenya with one of the Luo languages Luo languages extending into northern Tanzania . They are divided in two main clusters Dinka Nuer and Luo languages Luo . Western Nilotic languages Dinka Nuer Nuer language Nuer Atwot language Reel Atuot , Dinka language Dinka Luo languages Luo Shilluk language Shilluk , Luwo language Luwo Jur , Thuri language Thuri , Belanda Bor language Belanda Bor , Burun language Burun , Mabaan language Mabaan Jumjum language Jumjum , P ri language P ri , Anuak language Anuak , Southern Luo External links http www.ethnologue.com show family.asp?subid 787 16 The Western Nilotic branch on Ethnologue Category Western Nilotic languages ns lang stub br Yezho nilotek ar c horn g fr Langues nilotiques occidentales ... more details
Premier of Sudan . Contemporaries Ret Chol had many friends who themselves were from the Nuer people Nuer community . These are John Gilla Lul, David Koak Guok, Peter Lam Nguth, Kueth Kang, Daniel ... marginalization, many Nuer people Nuer politicians were unable to pursue their careers because ... weta washingtonweek voices 200409 0927world.html Chol s family http www.naathcommunity.org Nuer 20Student 20List 20Excell.htm Chol s family External links http www.dlib.indiana.edu collections nuer ... more details
The Atwot are an ethnic group of South Sudan . Another designation for the ethnic group is Reel . They live in the Upper Nile River Valley, Bahr el Ghazal . Language The SIL International estimate of speakers of the Atwot language is 50,000. It is a Nilotic language related to the Nuer language , but it has some lexical similarity to the Dinka language as well. Category Ethnic groups in South Sudan SouthSudan ethno group stub eo Atvotoj ... more details
Juok is the name of god for the tribes on the upper reaches of the Nile . For some including the Shilluk people Shilluk , Dinka and Nuer, he is the Creator God and is omnipresent. Nyikang, a legendary king, is often invoked as an intermediary. Other Nilotic tribes, for example the Acholi and Lango, use the possibly related term Jok only for local and or ancestral spirits. ref Cotterell, Arthur 1979 A Dictionary of World Mythology . ref References Reflist mythology stub Category Nilotic peoples Category Religion in Sudan ... more details
The Anuaks have many neighbor ethnic groups including the Ajiebo Murle people Murle , Nuer people Nuer , Dhuok Surma people Suri , the Oromo people Oromo , and Amhara the highlanders . Their relationship with other ethnic groups is usually hostile and violent, especially with the Nuer who have pushed ... 2 hi africa 3389405.stm United Nations staff attacked ref Attacks on Nuers Nuer are mostly refugees ... government to keep peace, Anuak rebels continue to attack Nuers. In August 2002, two Nuer ... group organized to eliminate the Nuers. The plan was originally envisaged to attack the Nuer ... training College wounding six ethnic Nuer Sudanese refugees , one of them seriously. ref http ... ref Same day a group of Anuak coming as far as the Abobo woreda attacked the Nuer settlement at Ochom .... Later in 2002, five Nuer men who went to cut bamboo for roofing on the road to the Anfillo woreda ... Anuak rebels attack a passenger bus ref See also Nuer people References references Category Politics ... more details
Administrative Zone 1 is one of the three zones of the Ethiopia n Region of Gambela Region Gambela none of the zones of Gambela have names. This zone is bordered on the south by Administrative Zone 2 Gambela Administrative Zone 2 , on the west by Administrative Zone 3 Gambela Administrative Zone 3 and on the north and east by the Oromia Region . Towns and cities in this zone include Itang and Gambela city Gambela . The terrain is mostly flat rivers include the Baro River Baro , which is the only navigable river in Ethiopia, and the Alwero River Alwero . A notable landmark is the Gambela National Park , which covers a large part of the Zone south of the Baro. Demographics Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency Ethiopia Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this zone has an estimated total population of 67,042, of which 33,939 were males and 33,103 were females 34,883 or 52 of its population are urban dwellers. With an estimated area of 4,696.89 square kilometers, the zone has an estimated population density of 14.27 people per square kilometer. ref http www.csa.gov.et text files 2005 national statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics , Tables B.3 and B.4 ref The 1994 national census reported a total population for this Zone of 45,207 in 29,688 households, of whom 23,189 were men and 22,018 women 20,369 or 45.06 of the population were urban inhabitants. The five largest ethnic groups of the region were the Anuak people Anuak 47.47 , the Nuer people Nuer 24.4 , the Oromo people Oromo 12.09 , the Amhara people Amhara 6.12 , and the Tigray Tigrinya people Tigray 2.79 all other ethnic groups made up 7.13 of the population. Anuak language Anuak is spoken as a first language by 47.56 , 24.37 speak Nuer language Nuer , 12.14 Oromo language Oromiffa , 6.64 Amharic language Amharic , and 2.66 speak Tigrinya language Tigrinya the remaining 6.63 spoke all other primary languages reported. The largest group of the inhabitants said they were P ent ay Protestant , wit ... more details
Timeline of anthropology , 1950 1959 Events 1959 Mary Leakey discovers the first Paranthropus boisei cranium. Publications 1956 Nuer Religion by E. E. Evans Pritchard 1959 Political Leadership Among Swat Pathans , by Fredrik Barth The Inland Whale , by Theodora Kroeber Births Empty section date July 2010 Deaths 1956 Marcel Griaule F.W. Hodge Rafael Karsten Siegfried Nadel 1959 Edward Winslow Gifford Paul Radin History of anthropology Category Decades in anthropology Category 1950s in science Anthropology Category Anthropology timelines ... more details
and normal policing almost impossible in a vast territory, Murle, Dinka and Nuer raid each other equally ... with Dinka and Nuer, so that they can graze their cattle over wider areas. But the smallness of their homeland ... against their larger neighbors. In the north south war many Murle sought protection with the Nuer ... to Nuer, in the hope that that kid would at least be fed by others, and the remaining ... people in tit for tat escalations. Many Nuer reason that Murle are the grand children of immigrants with much less rights to use land and graze cattle. So Murle cattle, argue some Nuer, was raised on stolen grass, so most of their cattle actually belongs to the Nuer. Along South Sudan s border with Ethiopia ... water wells, often with thousands of people queuing for its water. Nuer have often excluded Murle ... and nominal tokens and strong state action against illegal taxation by local leaders in Nuer ... more details
Infobox lake lake name Lake No image lake caption lake image bathymetry caption bathymetry location coords coord 9 29 52 N 30 27 54 E type waterbody region SD 22 display inline,title type inflow Bahr al Jabal , Bahr el Ghazal river Bahr el Ghazal outflow White Nile catchment basin countries South Sudan length width area 100 km max depth max depth volume residence time shore elevation islands cities frozen Lake No is a lake in South Sudan . It is located just north of the vast swamp of the Sudd , at the confluence of the Bahr al Jabal and Bahr el Ghazal river Bahr el Ghazal rivers. It marks the transition between the Bahr al Jabal and White Nile proper. Lake No is located approximately 1,156 km downstream of Uganda s Lake Albert Africa Lake Albert , the major lake on the White Nile preceding Lake No. ref name Baker http american almanac.tripod.com sudan.htm The Potential of the Nile River Basin, And The Economic Development of Sudan by Marcia Merry Baker, The American Almanac , 1997 ref The lake is considered the center of the Nuer people Nuer peoples. ref http strategyleader.org profiles nuer.html The Nuer of Sudan and Ethiopia by Orville Boyd Jenkins, March 1997. Lady Gaga also owns one. hosted by strategyleader.org ref References and notes reflist Category Lakes of South Sudan Category Nile SouthSudan geo stub ca Llac No de No See es Lago No it Lago No mk ja sr sh Jezero No zh ... more details
Gabriel Tang is a rebel militia leader in South Sudan . General Tang led a southern border militia allied to the Khartoum government during Sudan s Second Sudanese civil war civil war . ref name BBC Most of his fighters are of the Nuer people Nuer ethnic group. ref name AP cite web url http www.google.com hostednews ap article ALeqM5iGjG9whhCv3fK2pUQK5m9HkvOFig?docId 8760bf3cf28f4230838f7a530d928a4e title Civilians dead in South Sudan battle publisher Associated Press accessdate 2011 06 08 ref Members of the Sudanese armed forces loyal to Gen Tang in Malakal clashed with the Sudan People s Liberation Army SPLA in 2006, killing about 150 people, and in 2009 in breach of the peace deal. ref name BBC In April 2011, clashes between his militia and the SPLA in the state of Jonglei killed at least 57 according to government officials. ref name BBC cite news url http www.bbc.co.uk news world africa 13182109 title South Sudan clashes between army and militia kill 57 publisher BBCnews.com accessdate 2011 04 26 date 2011 04 24 ref Shortly thereafter, Tanginye surrendered to SPLA forces and has been under house arrest in Juba, Southern Sudan Juba awaiting charges against him. ref http www.sudantribune.com South Sudan Renegade Gabriel,38774 ref See also Battle of Malakal George Athor Peter Gadet References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gabriel Tang ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Southern Sudanese rebel leader DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Tang, Gabriel Category Sudan People s Liberation Movement politicians Category Rebel groups in Sudan Category Living people Category Nuer people Sudan bio stub ... more details
Yohannes Yual Both or Johannes Yoal Bath etc. was a leader of the South Sudan Defense Forces whose mobile forces gave the Sudan People s Liberation Army considerable difficulty during the Second Sudanese Civil War 1983 2005 . ref name ReliefWeb In August 1991 Riek Machar , Lam Akol and Gordon Kong announced that John Garang had been ejected from the SPLM. ref name Johnson2003 The breakaway faction, based in Nasir, South Sudan Nasir until 1995 and then in Waat and Ayod, was called the SPLM A Nasir faction from 1991 to 1993. ref cite book ref harv url http books.google.ca books?id 3WQkACoP3FkC&pg PA8 title Sudan, oil, and human rights pages 8 9 last Rone first Jemera publisher Human Rights Watch year 2003 ISBN 1564322912 ref The Bul Nuer Anyanya 2 militia at Mayom, South Sudan Mayom under Paulino Matip and the Lou Nuer Anyanya 2 militia at Doleib Hill under Yohannes Yual declared for Riek. ref name Johnson2003 Later these forces become part of the government sponsored SSDF militia. The civil war ended in January 2005. Yohannes Yual accepted the Juba Declaration of 8 January 2006 , joining the army along with other soldiers under the command of Paulino Matiep . His men are primarily Lou Nuer , now in the 8th Division s command in Jonglei state. He is a Major General and has been deputy commander of the 4th Division in Duar , Upper Nile State. ref name ReliefWeb A group called the The South Sudan United Democratic Alliance alleged that on 12 April 2006, Lou Nuer Janai Gatliek section SPLA forces under Johannes Yoal Bath launched a revenge attack on Ulang and killed more than 30 people, including both civilians and soldiers. The attack was said to be in retaliation for cattle raids in Nyayin , on the East Bank of the Sobat River , made by combined forces of the SPLA and Jikany Nuer under Commander George Athor Deng . Johannes Yoal Bath had been involved in an attack on Nasir in May 1994. ref cite web url http www.sudantribune.com SPLM A declares gencodial war,15091 title ... more details
Jikawo is one of the 12 woreda s in the Gambela Region of Ethiopia . Part of the Nuer Zone , Jikawo is bordered on the south by the Anuak Zone , on the west by the Alwero River which separates it from Wentawa , on the north by the Baro River which separates it from Sudan , and on the east by Lare woreda Lare . Towns in Jikawo include Nginngang and Telut . Overview The terrain in Jikawo consists of marshes and grasslands elevations range from 300 to 400 meters above sea level. According to the Atlas of the Ethiopian Rural Economy published by the Central Statistical Agency Ethiopia Central Statistical Agency CSA , around 10 of the woreda is Forestry in Ethiopia forest . ref http www.csa.gov.et text files Atlas 20of 20the 20Ethiopian 20Rural 20Economy.pdf Atlas of the Ethiopian Rural Economy , p. 18 ref A notable landmark in Jikawo is Gambela National Park , which occupies an area south of the Baro on the eastern side of the woreda, covering about a third of its area. The economy of Jikawo is predominantly agricultural. There are no agricultural cooperatives, no documented roads, and little other infrastructure. ref Atlas of the Ethiopian Rural Economy , pp. 30f ref Along with Akobo, Jikawo becomes flooded during the rainy season , requiring the people to migrate to the highlands with their cattle until the waters recede thus raising livestock is the primary source of income in this woreda. ref Abraham Sewonet, http www.who.int disasters repo 8684.pdf Breaking the Cycle of Conflict in Gambella Region , UN Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia Assessment Mission 23 29 December 2002 ref ... 2001 and 2007, Jikawo became part of the Nuer Zone. ref According to Dereje Feyissa this reorganization ... raid in Jikawo, on Ngor village, in which 27 Nuer were killed and about 39 wounded, while 11 Murle ... were the Nuer people Nuer 97.96 , and the Anuak people Anuak 1.97 all other ethnic groups made up 0.07 of the population. Nuer language Nuer is spoken as a first language by 98.08 , and Anuak ... more details
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