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- Friday 9 March 2012
March 8, 2012 (BOR) – Susan Page, the US ambassador to South Sudan, said on Wednesday her country “encourages... voluntary disarmament” in Jonglei state where government forces are to collect illegal weapons. Jonglei governor Kuol Manyang (...)
- Tuesday 8 May 2012
May 7, 2012 (JUBA) - The special representative of the secretary-general of the UN for South Sudan, Hilde F. Johnson, on Monday called for the opening of a new chapter of peace between the ethnic groups of the troubled state of Jonglei (...)
- Saturday 31 March 2012
March 29, 2012 (BOR) - South Sudan’s army said Wednesday that it has collected 9,326 illegal rifles from civilians in Jonglei State as the tense disarmament campaign enters its third week. Rifles collected from Waat, Uror County as part (...)
- Friday 6 January 2012
January 4, 2012 (BOR) – Forces loyal to the late rebel leader George Athor are negotiating reintegration into the South Sudan army in Ayod county, Jonglei state officials said on Wednesday. South Sudan rebel chief George Athor Deng (...)
- Monday 10 December 2012
December 9, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan and South Sudan have delayed their meeting on the implementation of security arrangements until Monday after failing to agree on its agenda.
The two parties did not agree last November in meeting (...)
- Thursday 16 February 2012
February 15,2,2012 (BOR) - Jonglei’s minister of Law Enforcement, Gabriel Duop Lam, has urged citizens in the conflict ravaged state to cooperate with the South Sudan military to disarm peacefully.
Over 120,000 people have been (...)
- Tuesday 28 August 2012
August 28, 2012 (BOR) - Jonglei State Government officials and South Sudan’s Army (SPLA) have pledged to clear the state from the rebel group led by David Yau Yau after an attack in Nahaam area of Pibor, where they killed some 40 SPLA (...)
- Sunday 8 April 2012
April 6, 2012 (BOR) – The Makuach Payam (district) of Jonglei State is home to 29,000 people according to officials but only a small fraction now remains after many people deserted the villages and fled to Bor town seeking protection (...)
- Sunday 17 February 2013
February 16, 2013 (RUMBEK) - The newly-appointed caretaker Governor of South Sudan’s Lakes state, Major Gen. Matur Chut Dhuol has initiated a policy licensing all firearms in the region. Matur Chuot Dhuol was appointed as caretaker (...)
- Thursday 3 January 2013
January 2, 2013 (BOR) – Leaders of Jonglei State’s Bor County have dismissed suggestions that gunmen attacking their villages are loyal to a rebel leader operating in neighbouring Pibor County, asserting that the raids are simply a (...)
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