US condemns violent attacks in South Sudan's Jonglei state
July 12, 2013 (BOR) - The US embassy in Juba has strongly condemned "in the strongest possible" terms the violent attacks in South Sudan's Jonglei state, urging government and community leaders to...
View ArticleJonglei: 160 airlifted to Bor for treatment as UN gains access to Pibor clashes
July 14, 2013 (BOR/JUBA) - At least 160 wounded people were flown to Bor civil hospital in Jonglei on Sunday from Manybol in Pibor county, after United Nations troops accessed the Nanaam area for the...
View ArticleJonglei: Five killed, four injured in Twic East raid
July 15, 2013 (BOR) - At least five people were killed and four injured in a Sunday night attack on Pator cattle camp in Jonglei state's Twic East county, a local South Sudanese official told Sudan...
View Article“External intervention a setback to peace in Jonglei”: mediator
July 31, 2013 (JUBA) – A mediator in South Sudan's Jonglei peace process has accused international actors of largely undermining national efforts to achieve peace and stability in the troubled...
View ArticleTwic East commissioner criticises UNMISS
September 3, 2013 (BOR) - Twic East commissioner Dau Akoi has criticised the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) over its decision not to send peace keepers to protect civilians in the...
View ArticleHold SPLA accountable for civilian abuses in Jonglei: HRW
September 13, 2013 (JUBA) – A US-based rights body has accused the South Sudan army (SPLA) of unlawfully killing and committing serious violations against civilians in the country's Jonglei state.SPLA...
View ArticleJonglei: Kiir condemns “senseless” killings, urges restraint
October 24, 2013 (JUBA)- The South Sudanese president Salva Kiir has condemned “senseless” the killing, by armed groups, of nearly 80 innocent civilians in the country's remote part of Jonglei...
View ArticleMPs call for more troops in Jonglei to protect civilians
October 27, 2013 (BOR) - The Jonglie state assembly has called on the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) to deploy soldiers in areas inhabited by armed Murle civilians and Yau Yau rebels.Displaced...
View ArticleJonglei state problems and solutions
By Dhanojak Obongo THE MURLE COMMUNITYNovember 25, 2013 - The ethnic community known as Murle is a majority pastoral people who originated from the Nilo-Hamitic group of Africa. They have two major...
View ArticleGreater Pibor commissioners to be sworn-in
September 28, 2014 (BOR) – The seven commissioners recently appointed for the Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA) counties in South Sudan's Jonglei state are to be sworn-in.South Sudan rebel...
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