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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]
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.
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 ...
JUBA (Reuters) -Fighting between local groups in western South Sudan has killed at least 26 people, officials said on Tuesday, as the country's president and vice president called for an end to ...
The Nuer massacre, which occurred from December 15 to December 18, 2013, was a well-organized, intentional mass killing perpetrated against thousands of Nuer civilians by Dinka SPLA soldiers, Presidential Guard - Tiger Division, and Mathiang Anyoor (Dut Ku Beny), supported by Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF), orchestrated by the President of the Republic of South Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit ...
During the South Sudanese Civil War, the Nuer dominated South Sudan Liberation Army, led by Mathew Pul Jang, sided with the government and helped take back Bentiu in December 2013. [123] The Dinka dominated SPLA recruited militias and young men from the Jikany Nuer and Bul Nuer in Unity state to take back areas held by the Nuer dominated SPLM ...
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]
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 ...