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- Wednesday 27 March 2013
March 25, 2013 (BOR/JUBA) – A caravan stands next to a tent. On it was a phrase, “Bye Bye Guns – I don’t need you any more”, signifying the start of an anti-small arms campaign in South Sudan’s largest state. Balázs Horváth, UNDP Country (...)
- 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 (...)
- Monday 26 March 2012
March 26, 2012 (JUBA) - As South Sudan’s disarmament exercise enters its
second week; a Swiss-based research group has largely blamed the
national army -SPLA- and the members of the police forces of allegedly
providing both the Murle (...)
- 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 (...)
- Friday 7 September 2012
September 5, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan’s Deputy Minister of Defence Majak D’Agot Atem said the government was committed to making peace with the Jonglei militia leader David Yau Yau and allowing members of his group to return the (...)
- Tuesday 5 June 2012
By Philip Thon Aleu
June 4, 2012 (BOR) – People in Jonglei’s remote areas say that there is relative peace in the state as cases of child abduction and cattle raiding significantly decreased in recent months giving them the chance to (...)
- Friday 18 May 2012
May 17, 2012 (BOR) - One person is reported dead and another injured in Twic East county of Jonglei state in an attack by an unidentified gunman on Wednesday.
According to a close relative of the deceased, Adhoor Akol was killed on (...)
- Monday 3 September 2012
September 3, 2012 (BOR) - Kuol Deim Kuol the South Sudanese Army General responsible for the civilian disarmament process in Jonglei State has joined the military’s criticism of recent human rights reports published by the UN mission in (...)
- Monday 18 June 2012
June 17, 2012 (BOR) - A South Sudanese police general has denied allegations of rape and abduction during a disarmament campaign conducted by the military in volatile Jonglei State. Soldiers of Auxillary Forces for disarmament standing (...)
- Saturday 2 June 2012
June 1, 2012 (BOR) - Jonglei State governor, Kuol Manyang Juuk, said Friday that there had been a 90 percent drop in raids and cases of abduction in his state during a visit to Bor of the United Nations Special Representative of the (...)
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