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The Nuer people are a Nilotic ethnic group concentrated in the Greater Upper Nile region of South Sudan. They also live in the Ethiopian region of Gambella. The Nuer speak the Nuer language, which belongs to the Nilotic language family. They are the second-largest ethnic group in South Sudan and the largest ethnic group in Gambella, Ethiopia. [4]
The attacks sparked protests in Abyei, with civilians urging SSPDF to leave the disputed region. [7] A statement from the protest by the Abyei Civil Society stated that the attacks killed over forty-seven civilians and thirty-four injured, and that the villages of Ayuok, Athony, Malual Aleu, Ka-dhian, Nyiel, Angot Wuncuei, and Wunpeeth were ...
Nuer are living in South Sudan for centuries and thousands of them moved to Ethiopia due to conflict in South Sudan. Their number in thousands live in the Gambela Region of Ethiopia as refugees. Despite the attempt of the regional government to keep peace, Anuak rebels continue to attack Nuers because Anuak were not happy with the number of ...
Early 2009 saw several instances of fighting between nomadic tribes in Sudan which killed around 900 people, mainly women and children, in the south of the country. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] On 26 May 2008 , a large-scale clash occurred between the Misseriya and the Rizeigat tribes when 2,000 Rizeigat men, mounted on horses and 35 vehicles, attacked a ...
In 1983, there was a civil war between Southern and Northern Sudan, and Southern Sudan was forced into the lower region, where there were fewer resources. These actions created conflict between the Dinka and Nuer people in South Sudan. [1]
Nuerland (Thok Naath: Ro̱l Naath, Arabic:بلد النوير, Nickname: the True Savannah) is the indigenous homeland and traditional territory of the Nuer people, [1] [2] situated largely within South Sudan between the latitudes of 7° and 10° north and longitudes of 29° and 32° east.
South Sudan is populated by about 64 ethnic groups. The Dinka are the largest ethnic group recorded, followed by the Nuer as the second largest tribe in South Sudan, the Shilluk follows as the third in number. it's disputed that Bari is 4th according to their territory which is Juba county. Zande, also known as Azande, are the fifth largest ...
The South Sudan Liberation Movement (SSLM) is an armed group that operates in the Upper Nile Region of South Sudan.The group's creation was announced in November 1999 by people of the Nuer ethnicity who were in both the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and the government-allied South Sudan Defence Forces (SSDF) gathered in Waat.