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Northern Bahr el Ghazal State (NBEG/NBG)

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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)

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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)

  • Sudanese military aircraft flew over Juba: SPLA

    Wednesday 23 May 2012
    By Julius N. Uma May 22, 2012 (JUBA) — The public in Juba were in a state of panic on Monday after military officials claimed that a Sudan-owned military aircraft flew for several hours over Juba, South Sudan’s capital. This photo (...)

  • Missing Northern Bahr el Ghazal chief suspected of defecting

    Tuesday 15 July 2014
    July 14, 2014 (JUBA) – Authorities in South Sudan’s border state of Northern Bahr el Ghazal claim that they do not know the whereabouts of a prominent traditional leader in Aweil North county suspected of defecting to the rebel faction. (...)

  • Kiir excludes Northern Bahr el Ghazal from disarmament

    Friday 16 March 2012
    By Ngor Arol Garang March 15, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan president Salva Kiir on Thursday announced the exclusion of Northern Bahr el Ghazal state from a nationwide disarmament exercise, reportedly because the area has been able to (...)

  • N. Bahr el Ghazal names acting secretary-general

    Saturday 22 February 2014
    February 21, 2014 (JUBA) - Authorities in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal state are said to have appointed Clement Manyuat, a local administrative officer, as the acting Secretary General of the state administration. The map of (...)

  • Security meeting to be held after approval of cooperation deal by South Sudan parliament - minister

    Saturday 13 October 2012
    October 12, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — South Sudan Minister of Information, Barnaba Marial Benjamin, said Friday that the delayed joint security meeting will take place once the cooperation agreement with Sudan is endorsed by the national (...)

  • Northern Bahr el Ghazal calls on public to embrace farming

    Sunday 1 July 2012
    June 30, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal State launched a campaign to encouraging the local population to participate in agricultural production in an effort to solve the country’s food crises. Around half South (...)

  • N. Bahr el Ghazal denies arresting SPLM youth leader over "14 mile" controversy

    Saturday 19 January 2013
    January 18, 2013 (WAU) - Authorities in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal on Friday denied reports linking the arrest of a local youth leader to his opposition to a border area being included in a buffer zone with Sudan, which was (...)

  • N. Bahr el Ghazal assembly passes 12m SSP budget

    Friday 24 October 2014
    October 23, 2014 (JUBA) – Lawmakers in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal on Wednesday put aside their differences with the executive and unanimously approved the 12 million South Sudan Pounds annual budget. Members of the Northern (...)

  • SPLM’s Amum distances himself from dismissal of six members in Aweil

    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 (...)

  • South Sudanese rebels occupy strategic areas in Northern Bahr el Ghazal

    Thursday 28 May 2015
    May 27, 2015 (JUBA) – The opposition forces led by former vice president, Riek Machar, have occupied a number of strategic areas in Northern Bahr el Ghazal state, government officials have confirmed. South Sudanese rebel fighters hold (...)

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