Akobo County is a county in South Sudan .
33-524: The county is located in Jonglei State , in the Greater Upper Nile region of South Sudan , bordering the country of Ethiopia . The county headquarter is Akobo , located approximately 450 kilometres (280 mi), northeast of Juba , South Sudan Capital and largest city in the country. The county is one of the eleven (11) counties that constitute Jonglei State . The county is prone to drought and
66-518: A nutrition survey of young children was carried out by Medair and Save the Children in Southern Sudan (SCiSS). The study found high rates of acute malnutrition and poor child health indicators. These poor indicators included: high percentage of diarrhoea cases among the population, low measles immunity and low levels of vitamin A among the population. The rates of Global Acute Malnutrition were above
99-705: A result of attack in August 2009 at Panyangor. Between January 2011 and September 2012, some 2600 people died in clashes in Jonglei State. In January 2012 clashes between Murle and Nuer tribes again broke out over cattle. Outbreaks between Nuer and Murle people have been the most severe in Nyirol and Pibor counties but have also affected other counties. In May 2012, state governor, Kuol Manyang Juuk stated that 3,651 people had been killed, 385 people wounded, 1,830 children abducted, and 3,983,613 cattle stolen. The UN estimated at
132-474: Is a state of South Sudan with Bor as its centre of government and the biggest city. Jonglei state comprises nine counties: Bor , Akobo , Ayod , Uror , Duk , Nyirol , Pigi , Twic East , and Fangak . Jonglei State is the largest state by area before reorganisation, with an area of approximately 122,581 km , as well as the most populous according to the 2008 census conducted in present-day South Sudan's second period of autonomy . The boundaries of
165-576: Is inhabited mostly by Dinka (Monyjang/Jieng) and the Nuer people . The other ethnic groups include; Murle, Anuak, Jie and Boya. The John Garang Memorial University of Science and Technology, one of the seven public universities in the country, is located in Bor . The university is named after John Garang de Mabior . Most of all educational institutions are concentrated in Bor, including number of best secondary schools in
198-643: The Upper Nile region in what was initially Anglo-Egyptian Sudan . The state has a long history of unrest which affected other parts of Sudan. The First Sudanese Civil War which lasted from 1955 until 1972 broke out with a Southern rebellion in Torit in imatong state) against Northern armed officers. In 1983, the Second Sudanese Civil War also broke out in Bor . In the 1970s, the Investigation Team
231-573: The Wildlife Conservation Society . The economy of Jonglei State is mostly dependent upon livestock, agriculture and fishing. Most of inhabitants are employed in the agricultural sector. UNEP says that the Dinka people of the state are "agro-pastoralists, combining cattle-rearing with wet season agriculture, and migrating seasonally according to the rains and the inundation of the toic (seasonal floodplains)." Most of Jonglei State falls within
264-564: The World Health Organization (WHO) crisis level but death rates were below WHO emergency levels. The researchers concluded that may be the feeding programme started in 2009 was enough to prevent some deaths, or that the more vulnerable died during the civil strife of 2009. According to the 2008 South Sudanese census, the population of Akobo County was estimated at 136,210. Of these, 60,896 (44.7%) were female and 75,314 (55.3%) were male. Jonglei State Jonglei State
297-621: The Sudd swamps was unclear, more recently experts have concluded that it would have had a devastating impact upon the vast wetland in the south of the state which is a unique ecosystem for a diversity of wildlife, drying it up. Researchers from Iowa State University concluded that the canal project to provide irrigation had always been a lost cause and would have proved ineffective and that future agricultural development in southern Sudan could only be achieved by rain-fed crops and mechanized agriculture. Whittington and McClelland in 1992, however, evaluated
330-412: The bulk of the eastern part of South Sudan covering most of the eastern centre. Located in the Greater Upper Nile region, it is bordered by Upper Nile State to the north, Unity State to the northwest and west, Lakes State to the southwest, Central Equatoria to the southwest, Eastern Equatoria to the south, and Ethiopia to the east. The principal town, Bor , lies in the southwestern corner of
363-526: The community was attacked by the rebel group of David Yau Yau and Murle youth. On 9 April 2013, five Indian UNMISS troops and seven civilian UN employees (two UN staff and five contractors) were killed in a rebel ambush in Jonglei while escorting a UN convoy between Pibor and Bor. Nine further UN employees, both military and civilian, were wounded and some remain missing. Four of the civilians killed were Kenyan contractors working to drill water boreholes. One of
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#1732854876313396-475: The country. Some of the leading schools in Bor are Bor College, Greenbelt Academy, St. Andrew High School, and many more. [REDACTED] Media related to Jonglei state at Wikimedia Commons Upper Nile (state) Upper Nile is a state in South Sudan . The White Nile flowes through the state, giving it its name. The state also shares a similar name with the region of Greater Upper Nile , of which it
429-501: The dead soldiers was a lieutenant-colonel and one of the wounded was a captain. According to South Sudan's military spokesman, the convoy was attacked by Yau Yau's rebel forces that they believe are supported by the Sudanese government. UNMISS said that 200 armed men were involved in the attack and that their convoy was escorted by 32 Indian UN peacekeepers. The attackers were equipped with rocket propelled grenades. A UN spokesman said that
462-471: The far north near Malakal , is the most prominent project to have ever been conducted in the state and is also one of its greatest failures. Construction began in 1978 but was halted in 1983-4 for political, financial and technical reasons, and today abandoned machinery used to construct the canal is rusting away. The project was a highly controversial one, and in 1979 the Wildlife Clubs of South Sudan (WCSS)
495-525: The fierce resistance put up by their peacekeepers forced the rebels to withdraw and saved the lives of many of the civilians. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon labelled the killings a war crime , and called for the perpetrators to be brought to justice. Rebel group South Sudan Democratic Movement /Army (SSDM/A) denied responsibility for the murders of the UN peacekeepers. Jonglei State, which covers an area of 122,581 square kilometres (47,329 sq mi), forms
528-498: The first primary school in Malek. This school produced the first indigenous Anglican bishop to be consecrated in Dinka land, Daniel Deng Atong, the first person to be baptized in 1916 in Bor. In 1912, the British established Pibor Post , a colonial era outpost which was originally called Fort Bruce in the eastern part of Jonglei State. From 1919 to 1976, the territory belonged to the state of
561-514: The oil development Block B, which was granted to Total S.A. before independence. Chevron Oil has been one of the major developers of oil extraction in Jonglei. Exploration of petroleum has been stalled by ongoing (as of January 2013) violence. The Jonglei Canal Project, formulated in the mid 1970s to build a 360 km long canal between Bor and where the Sobat River joins the White Nile in
594-515: The opportunity costs of the Jonglei Canal I project at $ US 500 million. The main hospital and schools are in Bor. Access to adequate healthcare in the state is extremely poor, and the situation has worsened since 2009 when Médecins Sans Frontières Belgium , who had been running the Bor Hospital , pulled out of the country amidst security concerns. Dr Samuel Legato Agat, a doctor at the hospital,
627-452: The population is nomadic, sometimes migrating to other locations in search of water and pasture for their livestock. Due to the insecurity associated with military conflict between Sudan and South Sudan , some of the inhabitants of the county have sought refuge in neighboring Ethiopia . Some of those refugees are expected to return following the independence of South Sudan in July 2011. In 2010,
660-768: The post-CPA period." A civilian disarmament operation targeting primarily the Nuer communities in 2005–06 resulted in a major outbreak of violence against the authorities, who believed that the crackdown was politically motivated. In August 2007, some 80 people were killed in Murle–Lou Nuer clashes. In 2009 alone, some 86,000 people were displaced, and at least 1248 killed as a result of violent clashes. One attack at Lilkwanglei in March 2009 claimed 450 lives, wounding 45 and displacing 5000 people. A month later, 250 were killed, 70 wounded and 15,000 displaced at Akoko. 24,000 were displaced as
693-618: The southern part of the state is the Kenamuke Swamp (Kobowen), a wetland which is part of the Boma National Park . In June 2007, Animal Geographic Magazine estimated that over 1.3 million animals lived in Boma National Park. It is "home to one of the largest migrations in the world with an estimated 800,000 white-eared kob antelope , 250,000 Mongalla gazelle and some 160,000 tiang moving across Jonglei State", according to
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#1732854876313726-507: The state were again changed as a result of a peace agreement signed on 22 February 2020. In the 21st century, Jonglei State has been marred in ethnic clashes which the UNMISS estimated in May 2012 had affected the lives of over 140,000 people, and has been heavily magnified by the broader South Sudanese conflict since December 2013. Jonglei State is divided into 9 counties as follows: The capital of
759-581: The state, Bor , became an administrative centre under the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1899 -1956) for the Dinka Bor . It was in Malek, a small settlement, about 19 kilometres (12 mi), south of Bor that the first modern Christian mission in present-day South Sudan was established by Archibald Shaw in December 1905. Bor became the first area to host a Church Missionary Society station in 1905. Shaw opened
792-479: The state. Other towns include Akobo , Ayod , Fangak , Padak , Pibor , Pochalla and Waat . The principal rivers are the White Nile , which flows in the western part of the state, and the Pibor River , which flows in the central-east. The Pibor and its tributaries drain a watershed 10,000 km (3,900 sq mi) in size. The river's mean annual discharge at its mouth is 98 m³/s (3,460 ft³/s). In
825-517: The states of South Sudan were reorganized into 28 states by President Salva Kiir . This was reversed as the result of a peace agreement signed on 22 February 2020. In South Sudan it is the lowest portion of the Nile. Upper Nile is subdivided into 13 counties : Most Upper Nile State citizens have limited access to news and other media information. In cities like Malakal , only a few officials could read weekly newspaper bulletins. The only TV station for
858-631: The territory was again included within the newly defined borders of Upper Nile State. On 14 February 1994, Jonglei state was again split off as a separate state. Jonglei State has long suffered from tribal infighting. Much of the conflict is over basic resources of food, land, and water, and personal grudges related to the abduction of women and children and theft of cattle. In November and December 2007, clashes between Murle and Dinke tribesmen had worsened to revenge attacks, killing over 34 people and injuring over 100. On one outbreak in late November 2007, eight Dinka tribesmen and 7,000 cattle were stole near
891-485: The time that ongoing clashes had affected the lives of over 140,000 people. The Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), international defence forces, and UN Peacekeepers are struggling to defuse the ongoing conflict and protect civilians against raids. The Bor Peace Conference was signed on 6 May 2012 in Bor, and has since been trying to improve the situation in the region. Despite the peace agreement, attacks continued to follow. On 9 May 2012 two people were killed and one
924-511: The village of Padak , about 20 kilometres north-east of Bor. Many fled to the Kakuma Camp in northwestern Kenya, and they amounted to some 85 percent of the total 3,000 or so refugees reaching the camp. Violence between Murle and Nuer tribes has been central to the attacks in the state. The Geneva Small Arms Survey concluded that the "Murle–Lou Nuer conflict in Jonglei State is indicative of how tribal and political dynamics are intertwined in
957-543: Was established by the Sudanese government to investigate affairs and development potential in the region. In 1976, Jonglei was split off from the Upper Nile as a separate province. Construction of the Jonglei Canal project, a 360 km long canal between Bor and where the Sobat River joins the White Nile began construction in 1978 but was halted in 1983-4 for political, financial and technical reasons. From 1991 to 1994,
990-413: Was established, which led the campaign against its construction. The building of the canal had a negative impact on the lives of thousands of people in local communities who had to be displaced to accommodate for the canal, and "deprived them of dry-season grazing land for their cattle and other livestock". Although New Scientist said in 1983 that the impact of the canal which by-passed a large area of
1023-764: Was injured in an attack by the Murle on 32 cows in Twic East. A day later, a car traveling from Juba to Bor belonging to the South Sudan Ministry of Roads and Bridges was attacked near Panwell village in Bangachorot , killing the driver and wounding two policemen. In January 2013, more than 100 people, mainly women and children, were slaughtered during cattle raids. In February 2013, 114 civilians, mainly women and children, along with 14 SPLA soldiers, were killed in Walgak after
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1056-561: Was part along with the states of Unity and Jonglei . It had an area of 77,823 square kilometres (30,048 sq mi). Malakal was the capital of the state. The towns of Upper Nile State Benythieng Akoka, Melut , Renk , Kodok , the location of the Fashoda Incident that ended the " Scramble for Africa ", was located in the state. Upper Nile seceded from Sudan as part of the Republic of South Sudan on 9 July 2011. In October 2015,
1089-454: Was trained in Cuba and Canada, but most staff at the hospital as of 2012 were illiterate and incapable of producing documentation for patients. Kenya Commercial Bank (South Sudan) maintains a branch in Bor. The main transport connections are Bor Airport at Bor, in addition to river traffic on the White Nile and three major roads that lead out of Bor to other parts of South Sudan. Jonglei State
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