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Dak Kueth Dak Kueth
Name: Dak Kueth / the "Magician"
Position: Spiritual leader from the Luo-Nuer tribe in Uror County of Jonglei State, South Sudan.
- Uror County spiritual leader Dak Kueth before the Jonglei disarmament campaign began in March 2012 (ST)
Profile:
Dak Kueth is a self-proclaimed “prophet from God” who, according to local officials, is thought to have vast influence among people in Jonglei State’s Uror County. Known locally a "magician", Kueth does not use spears in his spiritual practices unlike the "spear masters" of other states in South Sudan.
In March 2012 South Sudan’s army (SPLA) launched a disarmament campaign in Jonglei State following a series of violent attacks between civilians carrying arms. On 23 March 2012 Kueth and a group of armed young men who act as his bodyguards were surrounded by the SPLA but Keuth’s group refused to surrender their weapons, leading a battle that killed at least five people.
After this confrontation, Kueth and his followers crossed into Ethiopia to evade giving up their weapons, according to commander in charge of the disarmament campaign Lt. Gen. Kuol Deim Kuol.
Former abductees claimed that Kueth has political influence in the Uror County administration. Nurah Borotus, a woman abducted on 1 January 2012 from Pibor County and taken to Uror County managed to escape on 23 January 2012 to Waat, the headquarters of Uror, but says she was taken to the Kueth’s compound by police afterwards.
The SPLA claim that on 17 December 2012 they killed 19 of Kueth’s men when they attacked his forces over the border in Ethiopia. Kuol said that two men and some weapons were also captured.
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- Monday 22 October 2012
October 21, 2012 (JUBA) – The chairperson of the South Sudan’s peace and reconciliation commission, Chuol Rambang Chol, has called on the youth across the country to avoid inciting inter-communal conflicts in response to the recent (...)
- Friday 23 March 2012
March 23, 2012 (JUBA) – South Sudan army has reported clashes with some armed youth of Lou-Nuer in Jonglei state resisting a disarmament process the government launched after a series of retaliatory attacks in December. Vice President, (...)
- Thursday 19 April 2012
April 17, 2012 (JUBA) – South Sudan’s army (SPLA) says that some Murle cattle herders are avoiding handing over their weapons to the military as part of a statewide disarmament campaign in Jonglei following severe violence earlier this (...)
- Friday 25 May 2012
May 24, 2012 (BOR) - A two day political reconciliation conference in Uror, Nyirol and Akobo counties of Jonglei State concluded on Thursday in Bor town, calling for illegal armed groups to disarm and surrender their weapons. Governor (...)
- Saturday 24 March 2012
March 23, 2012 (JUBA) – South Sudan’s Vice President, Riek Machar, has called on a spiritual leader in Uror County of Jonglei State to peacefully surrender his guns to the authorities and live his life freely like a normal civilian. Lou (...)
- Tuesday 10 April 2012
April 09, 2012 (BOR) – A self-proclaimed “prophet from God” in Jonglei state is thought to be having vast influence among local people, according to local officials. People displaced by the Jonglei conflict (UN)
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- Wednesday 25 April 2012
April 24, 2012 (BOR) - Jonglei State’s deputy governor Hussein Maar, said Saturday 21 April that the Ethiopian government has called for South Sudan to return hundreds of armed young men from Pibor, Akobo, Uror, Nyirol and Pochalla (...)
- Wednesday 19 December 2012
December 18, 2012 (JUBA) – South Sudan’s army launched Monday a "successful" attack on the forces of Dak Kueth, a self-proclaimed prophet from Jonglei State, the military said on Tuesday. Uror County spiritual leader Dak Kueth before the (...)
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