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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)
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Friday 31 August 2012
August 30,2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan is organizing national football competitions in attempt to promote peace and unity amongst the young nations diverse ethnic groups often seen as divided by tribal conflicts usually associated to (...)
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Thursday 19 June 2014
June 18, 2014 (JUBA) - A South Sudanese police general has called for the split of Northern Bahr el Ghazal into two states, claiming that the creation of more administrative entities in the area would take services closer to the people (...)
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Sunday 19 August 2012
Friendly Football Match between Northern Bahr El Ghazal and Unity States
August 18, 2012
Aweil freedom Square
4:45 pm.
Referee: Kuacjok’s Coaches
Reference to South Sudan Football Association Quarterfinal competition, Northern (...)
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Monday 15 October 2012
Open letter to South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir from the Aweil University Student Union in Uganda.
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Wednesday 2 January 2013
OCHA South Sudan Weekly Humanitarian Bulletin for the period 24 - 30 December 2012
Highlights About 700 people displaced by attacks in Kiir Adem About 630 affected by recent violence in Western Bahr el Ghazal State Common (...)
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Thursday 28 April 2016
April 27, 2016 (JUBA) - Members of the South Sudanese army (SPLA) on Wednesday clashed with armed men in Northern Bahr el Ghazal region, raising fear of insecurity in a territory which has over the years been experiencing relative (...)
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Sunday 19 August 2012
August 17, 2012 (Rumbek) - South Sudan’s State of Northern Bahr el Ghazal said Friday it had completed preparations to host the quarter final of a football competition organized to promote peace and unity in the country.
Tong Deng (...)
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Thursday 27 September 2012
September 27, 2012 (WAU) - General Paul Malong Awan, Governor of South Sudan’s State of Northern Bahr el Ghazal said on Wednesday that his administration and the citizens of the area will never accept giving an inch of the contested (...)
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Thursday 1 March 2012
By Ngor Arol Garang
February 29, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan announced it was seeking US$99 million in funding to conduct a census, which has been encountering that may prevent the exercise planned for 2014 from taking place.
Speaking (...)
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Tuesday 29 May 2012
May 28, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan said Monday said 10 people, most of whom were innocent civilians, have lost their lives following an attack allegedly carried out by the armed forces of the neigbouring Sudan. South Sudan minister of (...)
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