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Western Equatoria State (WES) Western Equatoria State (WES)
Western Equatoria State is part of the Greater Equatoria Region in South Sudan. The state shares international borders with Central Africa Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Within South Sudan Western Equatoria State borders Warrap, Western Bahr el Ghazal and Lakes states to the north and Central Equatoria State to the west.
Area: 79,319 km²
Approximate Population: 3619, 029
Capital: Yambio
Other Important Towns: Maridi, Nzara, Tambura and Mundri
Government
Governor: Joseph Bangasi Bakosoro
Information Minister: Charles Barnaba Kisanga
Counties: Ezo County, Ibba County, Maridi East County, Mundri County, Mundri West County, Mvolo County, Najero County, Nzara County, Tambora County, Yambio County
Western Equatoria State Links
- 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 (...)
- Wednesday 14 March 2012
March 14, 2012 (JUBA/KHARTOUM) – Sudanese rebels claim that on Tuesday they shot down a Sudanese military unmanned plane in the disputed area of Jau, on the border between Sudan and South Sudan. A picture released by the SRF rebel group (...)
- Thursday 4 April 2013
April 3, 2013 (JUBA) - The governor of South Sudan’s Western Equatoria state, Bangasi Joseph Bakosoro, has issued an executive order appointing James Abdulahi Arona and Wilson Thomas Yanga as new county commissioners. Western Equatoria (...)
- Sunday 25 March 2012
By Julius N. Uma
March 25, 2012 (JUBA) — The European Union (EU) has allocated €9m for humanitarian assistance to people affected by over two decades of the Joseph Kony-led Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) as part of the United Nations and (...)
- Thursday 29 March 2012
March 28, 2012 (JUBA) – The administration of the University of Juba has closed the higher learning institution as inter-communal violence spread from the campus to surrounding areas on Wednesday. Juba University Entrance (Photo: Juba (...)
- Saturday 12 November 2011
Saturday 12, 2011 (JUBA) - The leader of South Sudan’s largest opposition party has reassured South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir that he will not follow other opposition leaders by starting an armed rebellion against the government. (...)
- Wednesday 12 December 2012
December 11, 2012 (JUBA) – South Sudan’s army, known as the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), has denied involvement in the recent killings of civilians in the Western Bhar el Ghazal’s capital, Wau, following a violent protest in the (...)
- Monday 2 April 2012
April 1, 2012 (JUBA) - Joseph Bangasi Bakosoro, governor of Western Equatoria has welcomed his reinstatement into the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM). WES governor, Bangasi Joseph Bakosoro January 24, 2012 (ST)
When (...)
- Wednesday 2 January 2013
January 1, 2013 (JUBA) - Western Equatoria State’s government says education will be one of its top priorities in 2013, and warned parents against keeping children of school-going age at home. Bangasi Joseph Bakoso, governor of Western (...)
- Wednesday 3 April 2013
April 2, 2013 (RUMBEK) - At least three people died after clashes between inhabitants of Rumbek East county in South Sudan’s Lakes state and the army in Western Equatoria’s Mvolo County, officials said.
The incident reportedly erupted (...)
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