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Upper Nile State
Upper Nile State
Upper Nile State is the most northerly in South Sudan and borders Ethiopia to the west and the north Sudanese states of South Kordofan, Blue Nile and White Nile. Within South Sudan Upper Nile borders Unity State to the west and Jonglei State to the south.
Governor: Brigadier General Simon Kun Puoch
Area: 77,773 km²
Approximate Population: 964,353
Capital: Malakal
Other Important Towns: Renk, Kodok, Nasser, Oriny, Maiwut, Gerger, Melut
Counties: Baliet, Fashoda, Longochuk, Maban, Maiwut, Malakal, Manyo, Melut, Panyikang, Renk, Ulang, Luakpiny/Nasir.
Last updated 4 March 2012.
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Monday 14 May 2012
May 13, 2012 (JUBA) - A militia in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State has joined the country’s national army, with Juba accusing it’s northern neighbour Sudan of previously backing the group.
On Thursday South Sudan’s army (SPLA) said it had (...)
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Saturday 5 May 2012
May 4, 2012 (JUBA) – The Republic of South Sudan has adopted its official map for the first time since it became independence in July 2011 including various areas, including Heglig/Panthou, that are also claimed by Sudan.
New official (...)
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Saturday 12 May 2012
May 11, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Continued insecurity in Sudan’s border regions of South Kordofan and Blue Nile has created an additional refugee population in neighboring South Sudan and Ethiopia, the UN reported on Friday.
Sudanese refugees (...)
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Tuesday 8 May 2012
May 7,2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan announced on Monday that a group of rebels have abandoned their armed struggle and returned to the country’s capital Juba, apparently in a response to a presidential amnesty to all rebel groups.
South (...)
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Friday 11 May 2012
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
May 10, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) – The state-owned Ethiopian Commercial Bank (ECB), said it will open more branches in the main towns of South Sudan including one in Upper Nile State going operational in the next few (...)
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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 (...)
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Friday 4 May 2012
Note on Panthou/Heglig by Douglas H. Johnson 2 May 2012
Note on Panthou/Heglig by Douglas H. Johnson
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Wednesday 25 April 2012
April 24, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – South Sudan has ordered 154 northern Sudanese nationals working for Chinese-led oil consortium, Petrodar, to leave its territories within 3 days, drawing Beijing once again into Juba’s conflict with Khartoum. (...)
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Thursday 8 March 2012
March 7, 2012 (BOR) – The leader for one of South Sudan’s rebel groups, Peter Chol Kuol Awan, arrived in Juba on Tuesday less than a week after the government announced it had reached a peace deal with his South Sudan Democratic Movement (...)
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Monday 16 April 2012
April 15, 2012 (JUBA/LONDON) - South Sudan on Sunday said its army (SPLA) repulsed an attack by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on Kuek in Upper Nile state, and denied reports claiming that SAF have entered Heglig.
Sudanese troops on (...)
Latest Comments & Analysis
South Sudan after Paanthou crisis 2012-05-14 01:35:00 By Steve Paterno May 13, 2012 — Diplomatically, when the Paanthou crisis occurred, South Sudan found itself unprepared and underrepresented in the diplomatic front. The diplomatic ferocity of its (...)
Sudan and South Sudan: Where are they heading? 2012-05-12 05:59:20 By Luka Biong Deng May 11, 2012 — When the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) was signed in 2005, the Sudanese and the international community were relieved as Sudan would be put on the path of (...)
Khartoum and the language of war: Who’s really listening? 2012-05-12 05:31:52 By Eric Reeves May 11, 2012 — Every day it becomes clearer that unless Juba buckles before Khartoum's extortionate demands, on a range of issues, then the regime will settle matters (...)
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