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- ↑ "Calls for removal of Akobo county commissioner intensify - Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan". www.sudantribune.com. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
- ↑ "Appointed govt of 'Eastern Bieh' to send advance team to Akobo". Radio Tamazuj. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
- ↑ "Governor Johnson Gony dies in Turkish hospital". Radio Tamazuj. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
- ↑ "South Sudan's Kiir makes partial cabinet reshuffle". Radio Tamazuj. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
- ↑ "Akobo governor names his cabinet". Radio Tamazuj. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
- ↑ "Akobo governor warns of looming hunger after floods". Radio Tamazuj. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- ↑ "More than 6,000 people flee Akobo State: official". Radio Tamazuj. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
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