The Dinka people are a Nilotic ethnic group native to South Sudan with a sizable diaspora population abroad. The Dinka mostly live along the Nile,from Jonglei to Renk,in the region of Bahr el Ghazal,Upper Nile,and the Abyei Area of the Ngok Dinka in South Sudan.
The Nuer language is a Nilotic language of the Western Nilotic group. It is spoken by the Nuer people of South Sudan and in western Ethiopia. The language is very similar to Dinka and Atuot.
Salva Kiir Mayardit,also known as Salva Kiir,is a South Sudanese politician who has been President of South Sudan since its independence on 9 July 2011. Prior to independence,he was President of the Government of Southern Sudan,as well as First Vice President of Sudan,from 2005 to 2011. He was named Commander-in-Chief of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) in 2005,following the death of Dr. John Garang.
Dr. Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon is a South Sudanese politician who serves as the First Vice President of South Sudan.
Lieutenant General Nhial Deng Nhial is a South Sudanese politician and a member of the ruling Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM). He was Minister of Foreign Affairs 2011 to 2013 and 2018 to 2019 after having served as the caretaker Minister of Defense since 10 July 2011. Prior to that he served as the pre-independence South Sudanese Minister of SPLA and Veteran Affairs,from 22 December 2008 until 9 July 2011.
Peter Lam Both has been the Governor of Latjoor,South Sudan since 24 December 2015. He is the first governor of the state,which was created by President Salva Kiir on 2 October 2015.
Deng Alor Kuol is a South Sudanese politician. Currently the minister of East African Community Affairs in President Salva Kiir's government,he is a member of the Ngok Dinka ethnic group,and was born in Abyei region,an oil-producing border region between Northern and Southern Sudan. More than 99% of Abyei's Ngok Dinka voted to be united with their fellow Dinka in neighbouring South Sudan.
Ann Itto Leonardo is a South Sudanese politician. She was previously the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry for the South Sundanese government,as well as the acting secretary-general of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement.
Agnes Kwaje Lasuba is a South Sudanese politician.
Jemma Nunu Kumba is a South Sudanese politician. She was chosen by the SPLM as the speaker of the Revitalised Transitional National Legislative Assembly (R-TNLA). She became the first woman to preside over the parliament of South Sudan.
Taban Deng Gai is a South Sudanese politician who has been one of the Vice Presidents of South Sudan in the unity government since February 2020. He served as the First Vice President of South Sudan from 23 July 2016 to February 2020. He was mining minister before being appointed as acting first vice president.
Ethnic violence in South Sudan has a long history among South Sudan's varied ethnic groups. South Sudan has 64 tribes with the largest being the Dinkas,who constitute about 35% of the population and predominate in government. The second largest are the Nuers. Conflict is often aggravated among nomadic groups over the issue of cattle and grazing land and is part of the wider Sudanese nomadic conflicts.
The Ministry of General Education and Instruction (MOGEI) is a national ministry of the Government of South Sudan in the current Transitional government of national Unity that is responsible for primary and secondary education,as well as the training of educators,in the Republic of South Sudan. The incumbent minister is Awut Deng Acuil.
Abdallah Deng Nhial is a South Sudanese politician and scholar. He has served in both Sudanese and South Sudanese governments in different positions.
The South Sudanese Civil War was a multi-sided civil war in South Sudan between forces of the government and opposition forces. In December 2013,President Kiir accused his former deputy Riek Machar and ten others of attempting a coup d'état. Machar denied trying to start a coup and fled to lead the SPLM –in opposition (SPLM-IO). Fighting broke out between the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and SPLM-IO,igniting the civil war. Ugandan troops were deployed to fight alongside the South Sudanese government. The United Nations has peacekeepers in the country as part of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).
The Dinka–Nuer West Bank Peace &Reconciliation Conference of 1999 was held in what was then the Southern part of Sudan. It is commonly called the "Wunlit Peace Conference" after Wunlit,the village where it was held in eastern Tonj County in Bahr El Ghazal. The conference brought together Nuer from Western Upper Nile and Dinka from Tonj,Rumbek,and Yirol. It is the most prominent and comprehensively documented case of a people-to-people peace process in what is now the Republic of South Sudan.
Mayiik Ayii Deng is a South Sudanese politician and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation,He was appointed into the office following Republican decree by the President removing Beatrice Khamisa Wani in September 2021. He had also served as the Minister of presidential affairs in the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity (R-TGoNU). Mr. Deng was appointed minister in the Office of the President on 29 April 2016,following the signing of the Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (ARCISS) and the formation of the transitional Government of National Unity (TGoNU,a position he held until he was reappointed as Minister of Presidential Affairs in March 2020 and subsequently relieved in June 2020 in that latest position
The 1st Division, of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) was and is a division of the SPLA,now being renamed as the South Sudan People's Defence Forces. It was established in 2006,and has had its headquarters in Renk,Upper Nile State.
Santino Deng Teng was a Sudanese politician. Per historian Robert O. Collins,he was "a token southern minister and reliable sycophant in every government from 1954 to 1964".
Beatrice Khamisa Wani-Noah is a South Sudanese politician who served as minister of Foreign Affairs and International cooperation from 2020 to 2021.
