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Northern Bahr el Ghazal State (NBEG/NBG) Northern Bahr el Ghazal State (NBEG/NBG)
Northern Bahr el Ghazal State is in the Greater Bahr el Ghazal region of South Sudan. It borders north Sudan’s South Darfur State. Within South Sudan the state borders Western Bahr el Ghazal and Warrap states.
Northern Bahr el Ghazal also borders the disputed region of Abyei and claims the contested Mile 14 border area, which is also claimed by Sudan.
Capital: Aweil
Area: 720,898 km²
Population: 720,898 (2008)
Government
Northern Bahr el Ghazal State Executive
State Ministers
State Advisors:
Northern Bahr el Ghazal State Leglislative Assembly
Other MPs
Aguer Wol Aguer | Garang Majak Bol | Majang Ngor Kuany
Counties & Commissioners
- Aweil North County - Estimated Population (2008) - 129,130 - Cmr Kuol Athuai Hal
- Aweil East County - Estimated Population (2008) - 309,920 - Awet Kiir Awet
- Aweil West County - Estimated Population (2008) - 166,220 - Garang Tong
- Aweil Central County - Estimated Population (2008) - 41,830 - Abraham Aleu
- Aweil South County - Estimated Population (2008) - 73,810 - Jel Mangok
Aweil Town
Northern Bahr el Ghazal State - Links
Books
- Francis M. Deng, 1995, War of Visions, Conflict of Identities in the Sudan, (Washington D.C.: Brookings)
- Human Rights Watch, 1999, Famine in Sudan, 1998, The Human Rights Causes, (New York, Human Rights Watch).
- Dave Eggers, 2006, What is the What, (New York, Vintage Books).
- David Keen, 1994, The Benefits of Famine, A Political Economy of Famine and Relief in Southwestern Sudan, 1983–1989, (New Jersey, Princeton University Press).
- Garang Malong, 2012, Theatre of Hope( Nairobi University, Kenya)
- Monday 13 May 2013
South Sudan Law Society
13th-April-2013
Citizen of Western Bhar el-Ghazal State calls for limitations of President Powers and the Independence of Executive, Legislature and Judiciary and transparency in the making process of the (...)
- Saturday 18 May 2013
May 16, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan should give no more concessions to “betrayers of the nation”, the governor of Western Bahr el Ghazal state said on Thursday, in an apparent reference to rebel groups active in Jonglei, Unity and Upper (...)
- Friday 14 September 2012
By Dhieu Mathok Diing Wol
Northern Bahr el Ghazal was not fully part of the Anglo-Egyptian administration until 1922.
On 21st February 1922, the British troops from Wau under the command of Bimbashi Middleton clashed with a force (...)
- Thursday 16 May 2013
May 15, 2015 (JUBA) - Governors from Greater Bahr el Ghazal states are at odds over who to support for South Sudan’s presidency, highlighting the internal differences within the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) in the run (...)
- Sunday 12 May 2013
May 11, 2013 (JUBA) - The secretary-general of the South Sudan ruling party (SPLM), Pagan Amum, has distanced himself from the controversial dismissal of six members of his party in Northern Bahr el Ghazal state, saying he did not want (...)
- Monday 13 May 2013
May 12, 2013 (JUBA) –The four states of the Greater Bahr el Ghazal region have called for their intellectuals and senior political leaders to report themselves to Wau, the former regional capital and current state capital of Western (...)
- Thursday 16 May 2013
By Ngor Arol Garang
May 16, 2013 - Political leaders and citizens with an interest in politics within the Bahr el Ghazal region will come together for a one week conference on Wednesday, where they are expected to share thoughts and (...)
- Monday 22 April 2013
April 21, 2013 (JUBA) - Members of Western Bahr el Ghazal state’s Balanda community on Sunday celebrated the acquittal of former Wau County commissioner, John Peter Miskin and several others who had been charged with masterminding (...)
- Thursday 11 October 2012
October 10, 2012 (JUBA) - Despite growing discontentment and criticism of last month’s deal between South Sudan and Sudan, a meeting of the four states of Greater Bahr el Ghazal region endorsed the agreement signed in Addis Ababa on (...)
- Sunday 17 March 2013
March 16, 2013 (JUBA) - Elders and prominent political figures from South Sudan’s Greater Bahr el Ghazal region have thrown their support behind calls for the removal of Northern Bahr el Ghazal State governor, Paul Malong Awan. Members (...)
Latest Comments & Analysis
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