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On 9 February 2024, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 registered 5Y-AXL and operated by African Express Airways crashed in similar circumstances as the Safe Air Boeing 727 did at Malakal Airport, South Sudan; the aircraft touched down short of the runway and lost its landing gear, before coming to a stop on its belly. It was later removed from the ...
Following South Sudan's independence on 9 July 2011, the troops from the Republic of Sudan have retreated from Malakal. Malakal was the site of the November 2006 Battle of Malakal . Beginning in 2013, Malakal has been the site of numerous battles between government SPLA forces and the Nuer White Army , loosely commanded by the SPLM-IO which is ...
Most Upper Nile State citizens have limited access to news and other media information. In cities like Malakal, only a few officials could read weekly newspaper bulletins. The only TV station for the people of Upper Nile State is South Sudan Television. Although the station works for only few hours, it is widely popular in the state capital.
Sudan’s top military general held talks in Juba Monday with South Sudan's president on his second trip abroad since the war in his country started earlier this year. Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan ...
Malakal County is an administrative area in Upper Nile State, in the Greater Upper Nile region of South Sudan. [2] [3] [4] Administrative divisions.
21 States of South Sudan as declared by the SPLM-IO. On 22 December 2014, leader of the SPLM-IO and former vice president Riek Machar declared the 10 states of South Sudan dissolved and the formation of 21 new states in a federal system. The declaration was not recognised by the South Sudanese government. [16]
Malakal is near the international border with the Republic of Sudan and the border with Ethiopia. Malakal is the smaller of two international airports in South Sudan. The largest, Juba International Airport, lies approximately 521 kilometres (281 NM) to the south in the capital city of Juba.
Greater Maban (which means the people of the land) is a county located in the Upper Nile State of South Sudan. [2] The county capital is the town of Bunj. In 2017, the South Sudan government divided the county into two: North East and South West. Four rivers flow through the Greater Maban County: the Ahmar, the Yale, the Tombak, and the Yabus.